Melat Surname
Approximately 5,360 people bear this surname
Melat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4,990 | 1:19,548 | 2,554 |
| India | 92 | 1:8,337,667 | 172,929 |
| United States | 68 | 1:5,330,278 | 267,385 |
| France | 63 | 1:1,054,329 | 115,549 |
| Turkey | 58 | 1:1,341,749 | 54,680 |
| Cameroon | 39 | 1:532,540 | 42,124 |
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
The alternate forms: Mélat (2) are calculated separately.
Melat (12,526) may also be a first name.
Melat Demographics
Average Melat Salary in
United States
$36,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melat Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melat (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻼﻁ, Marathi: मेळाट, Oriya: େମଲତ) occurs most in Ethiopia. It may be found in the variant forms: Mélat. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melat? popularity and diffusion
Melat is the 89,509th most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,359,617 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Melat are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Melat is also the 52,639th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 12,526 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4,990 people, or 1 in 19,548. Excluding Ethiopia Melat occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Melat Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Melat surname are 14.77% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.54% being registered to vote for the party.
Melat earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.99% less than the national average, earning $36,250 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melat in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻼﻁ | mlat | - |
| Melat in the Oriya language | ||
| େମଲତ | emalata | - |
| Melat in the Marathi language | ||
| मेळाट | melata | 91.04 |
| मेलाट | melata | 7.46 |
| मॅलट | melata | 1.49 |
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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 Melat
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