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 occurs most in Indonesia. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melala? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melala is the 728,955th most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 18,310,417 people. Melala is primarily found 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. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used first name globally, held by 20 people.
The surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 272 people, or 1 in 486,210. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: Aceh, where 59 percent reside, West Java, where 39 percent reside and North Sumatra, where 2 percent reside. Other than Indonesia this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 26 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.
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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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