Melata Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Melata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 68 | 1:305,427 | 28,416 |
| Liberia | 24 | 1:183,689 | 12,460 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Melata (27) may also be a first name.
Melata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melata Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melata (Hindi: मेलता, Marathi: मेलटा, Russian: Мелата) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Melata click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melata? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,765,740th most common family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. Melata occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Melata reside; 63 percent reside in Central Africa and 62 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Melata is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently held first name internationally, held by 27 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 305,427. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 49 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 31 percent reside and West Region, where 15 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 22 percent reside and Algeria, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melata Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melata in the Hindi language | ||
| मेलता | melata | - |
| Melata in the Marathi language | ||
| मेलटा | melata | - |
| Melata in the Russian language | ||
| Мелата | melata | - |
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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 Melata
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