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 last name Melala occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melala? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melala is the 728,955th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 18,310,417 people. The last name Melala occurs mostly in Asia, where 70 percent of Melala reside; 68 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 68 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Melala is also the 2,446,817th most numerous forename internationally, held by 20 people.
The surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 272 people, or 1 in 486,210. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Aceh, where 59 percent are found, West Java, where 39 percent are found and North Sumatra, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 26 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
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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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