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
Melat (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻼﻁ, Marathi: मेळाट, Oriya: େମଲତ) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Mélat. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melat? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 89,509th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,359,617 people. It is primarily 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. It is also the 52,639th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 12,526 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 4,990 people, or 1 in 19,548. Excluding Ethiopia this surname occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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 US average, with 61.54% registered with 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
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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 Melat
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