Melasa Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Melasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 89 | 1:91,615 | 12,219 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
Melasa (42) may also be a first name.
Melasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melasa is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melasa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melasa is the 1,765,740th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 82 percent of Melasa reside; 82 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 82 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Melasa is also the 1,566,439th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 42 people.
It is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 91,615. In Papua New Guinea Melasa is most prevalent in: East Sepik, where 93 percent are found, Bougainville, where 6 percent are found and West Sepik, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 9 percent are found and Poland, where 6 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 Melasa
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