Melaletsa Surname

2,203,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Melaletsa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melaletsa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa701:773,96753,253
Botswana41:546,73222,624

Melaletsa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Melaletsa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Melaletsa is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Melaletsa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melaletsa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Melaletsa is the 2,203,767th most frequent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Melaletsa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 773,967. In South Africa Melaletsa is most common in: North West, where 77 percent are found, Gauteng, where 11 percent are found and Northern Cape, where 9 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Botswana, where 5 percent are found.

Melaletsa Last Name Statistics demography

Melaletsa earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 5.54% more than the national average, earning R 250,800 per year.

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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
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  • 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 Melaletsa
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