Melam Surname
Approximately 4,413 people bear this surname
Melam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,223 | 1:181,640 | 11,086 |
| Iran | 65 | 1:1,181,270 | 51,307 |
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| United States | 30 | 1:12,081,964 | 463,456 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Bhutan | 7 | 1:88,006 | 800 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
Melam (660) may also be a first name.
Melam Demographics
Average Melam Salary in
United States
$55,000 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melam (Hindi: मेलम, Marathi: मेलाम, Oriya: େମଲମ, Russian: Мелам, Tibetan: སྨོན་ལམ་) is found most in India. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 106,023rd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,651,381 people. The last name Melam is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Melam reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 323,152nd most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 660 people.
It is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 4,223 people, or 1 in 181,640. In India it is most prevalent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 94 percent live, Telangana, where 4 percent live and Karnataka, where 1 percent live. Beside India this surname is found in 20 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Melam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Melam has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Melam last name expanded 158 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Melam Last Name Statistics demography
Melam earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 27.47% more than the national average, earning $55,000 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melam in the Hindi language | ||
| मेलम | melama | - |
| Melam in the Oriya language | ||
| େମଲମ | emalama | - |
| Melam in the Marathi language | ||
| मेलाम | melama | 83.33 |
| येळाम | yelama | 16.67 |
| Melam in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྨོན་ལམ་ | mönlam | 72.34 |
| སྨོན་ལམ། | mönlam | 17.45 |
| སྨི་ལམ་ | milam | 1.7 |
| སྨིན་ལམ་ | minlam | 1.28 |
| སྨན་ལམ་ | menlam | 1.28 |
| རྨི་ལམ་ | milam | 0.85 |
| སྨིག་ལམ་ | miklam | 0.43 |
| སྨེན་ལམ་ | menlam | 0.43 |
| སྨི་ལམ། | milam | 0.43 |
| མི་ལམ་ | milam | 0.43 |
| སྨེད་ལམ། | mélam | 0.43 |
| སྨོན་ལམ | mönlam | 0.43 |
| མན་དྲལ། | mendral | 0.43 |
| སྨིན་ལམ། | minlam | 0.43 |
| སྨན་ལམ། | menlam | 0.43 |
| སྨོད་ལམ། | mölam | 0.43 |
| སྨོལ་ལམ། | mollam | 0.43 |
| སྨོ་ལམ། | molam | 0.43 |
| Melam in the Russian language | ||
| Мелам | melam | - |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Melam
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