Melashu Surname
Approximately 1,293 people bear this surname
Melashu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Melashu (4,988) may also be a first name.
Melashu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melashu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melashu occurs most in Ethiopia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melashu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 295,000th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 5,636,153 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Melashu reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 96,347th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 4,988 people.
Melashu is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Excluding Ethiopia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Thailand, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melasu | 92 | 156 | / |
| Melaschus | 88 | 5 | / |
| Milashu | 86 | 2,415 | / |
| Melgasu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Meleshu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Melaasu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Milashus | 80 | 35 | / |
| Melacheu | 80 | 26 | / |
| Melachus | 80 | 13 | / |
| Mylashus | 80 | 6 | / |
| Melaszus | 80 | 5 | / |
| Miolashu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Melasseu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Melesu | 77 | 3,544 | / |
| Melosu | 77 | 262 | / |
| Malasu | 77 | 32 | / |
| Mylasu | 77 | 12 | / |
| Molasu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Milasu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Molaisahu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Malassu | 71 | 65 | / |
| Mailasu | 71 | 42 | / |
| Maleshu | 71 | 31 | / |
| Molaisu | 71 | 28 | / |
| Malasau | 71 | 26 | / |
| Mallasu | 71 | 9 | / |
| Milasus | 71 | 6 | / |
| Malaisu | 71 | 5 | / |
| Malasou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Melazou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Melazeu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malleshu | 67 | 324 | / |
| Meillassoux | 67 | 122 | / |
| Mailaasu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mohlaseu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Melashu
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