Melaouah Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Melaouah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melaouah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria101:3,863,15547,113
France71:9,488,960336,266
Tunisia61:101,77114,710
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Mélaouah (1) are calculated separately.

Melaouah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Melaouah Come From? nationality or country of origin

Melaouah has its highest incidence in Algeria. It may be rendered as: Mélaouah. Click here for other potential spellings of Melaouah.

How Common Is The Last Name Melaouah? popularity and diffusion

Melaouah is the 3,665,662nd most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 55 percent of Melaouah reside; 55 percent reside in North Africa and 55 percent reside in Mahgreb.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 3,863,155. In Algeria Melaouah is most common in: Béchar Province, where 40 percent are found, Souk Ahras Province, where 40 percent are found and Ghardaïa Province, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Algeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 24 percent are found and Tunisia, where 21 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mélaouah961/
Melahoua886/
Melaouha881/
Melaouhia82347/
Meilaouat821/
Melaouhiaa781/
Malahoua75793/
Milaouha751/
Molaoa713,047/
Malaoa715/
Milaouhia711/
Mallahoua711/
Malaouhou711/
'Molaoa67778/
Mmolaoa67207/
Malahoa6718/
Molahoa674/
Molaooa671/
Mohlouoa631,834/
Mailaoad631/
Mohlouao631/
Malahoo53102/
Maloooh533/
Molahoo531/

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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 Melaouah
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