Melanyi Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Melanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 145 | 1:365,115 | 26,840 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Melanyi (106) may also be a first name.
Melanyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melanyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melanyi has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Melanyi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melanyi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,364,059th most frequently used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Melanyi reside; 90 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Melanyi is also the 915,176th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 106 people.
The surname Melanyi is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 365,115. In Tanzania Melanyi is most common in: Arusha Region, where 99 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 6 percent are found and Ukraine, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Melanyi
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