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Where Does The Last Name Melapi Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Melapi (Hindi: मेलापी, Oriya: େମଲାପି) is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Melapi? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 651,048^th most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 15,705,918 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Melapi are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Melapi is also the 2,694,839^th most commonly held forename internationally, held by 17 people.

The surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 436 people, or 1 in 124,261. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 53 percent are found, Gauteng, where 22 percent are found and Western Cape, where 18 percent are found. Besides South Africa this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 5 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.

Melapi Last Name Statistics ^demography

Melapi earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.08% less than the national average, earning R 151,896 per year.