Melanga Surname
Approximately 299 people bear this surname
Melanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 263 | 1:78,970 | 9,696 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Melanga (30) may also be a first name.
Melanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melanga (Oriya: େମଲା) occurs most in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Melanga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melanga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 895,817th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,373,063 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Melanga are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 92 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Melanga is also the 1,911,214th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 30 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 263 people, or 1 in 78,970. In Cameroon Melanga is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 82 percent live, Littoral Region, where 6 percent live and East Region, where 5 percent live. Barring Cameroon this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melanga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melanga in the Oriya language | ||
| େମଲା | emala | 50 |
| େମଲ | emala | 50 |
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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 Melanga
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