Melanou Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Melanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
Melanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melanou is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melanou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Melanou occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Melanou live; 56 percent live in Central Africa and 56 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 40 percent live, West Region, where 40 percent live and East Region, where 20 percent live. Besides Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also found in Greece, where 44 percent live.
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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 Melanou
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