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 last name Melanga (Oriya: େମଲା) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melanga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 895,817th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 24,373,063 people. This last name is predominantly found 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 frequent given name at a global level. It is borne by 30 people.
The last name Melanga is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 263 people, or 1 in 78,970. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 82 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 6 percent are found and East Region, where 5 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
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
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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 Melanga
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