Melale Surname
Approximately 355 people bear this surname
Melale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 182 | 1:726,644 | 56,012 |
| India | 150 | 1:5,113,769 | 127,237 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Melale (33) may also be a first name.
Melale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melale (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻼﻝ, Marathi: मेळळे) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melale? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 793,288th most widespread family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 20,528,298 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Melale are found; 54 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 51 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,807,719th most common forename in the world It is held by 33 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 182 people, or 1 in 726,644. In Indonesia Melale is most numerous in: North Sulawesi, where 99 percent reside and Maluku, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 42 percent reside and The Philippines, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melale Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melale in the Marathi language | ||
| मेळळे | melale | 78.85 |
| मेलाळे | melale | 13.46 |
| मेळले | melale | 7.69 |
| Melale in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻼﻝ | mlal | 60 |
| ﻣﻼﻟﻪ | mlalh | 20 |
| ﺍﻣﻼﻝ | amlal | 20 |
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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 Melale
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