Melami Surname
Approximately 1,311 people bear this surname
Melami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,251 | 1:42,319 | 4,811 |
| Iran | 27 | 1:2,843,797 | 88,363 |
| Lesotho | 9 | 1:225,840 | 14,831 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Melami (33) may also be a first name.
Melami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melami Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melami (Russian: Мелами) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Melami.
How Common Is The Last Name Melami? popularity and diffusion
Melami is the 291,785th most frequently held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 5,558,769 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Melami reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Melami is also the 1,807,719th most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 33 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,251 people, or 1 in 42,319. In Tanzania it is most common in: Arusha Region, where 81 percent live, Manyara Region, where 17 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania Melami exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 2 percent live and Lesotho, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melami Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melami in the Russian language | ||
| Мелами | melami | - |
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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 Melami
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