Melala Surname
Approximately 398 people bear this surname
Melala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 272 | 1:486,210 | 39,964 |
| Tanzania | 105 | 1:504,206 | 33,569 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Melala (20) may also be a first name.
Melala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melala is found most in Indonesia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melala is the 728,955th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 18,310,417 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 70 percent of Melala are found; 68 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 68 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Melala is also the 2,446,817th most numerous forename globally. It is borne by 20 people.
The last name Melala is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 272 people, or 1 in 486,210. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: Aceh, where 59 percent live, West Java, where 39 percent live and North Sumatra, where 2 percent live. Excluding Indonesia this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 26 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Melala
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