Melatou Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Melatou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Melatou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melatou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melatou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻼﻃﻮ) is most common in Greece. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Melatou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melatou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,812,366th most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Melatou occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Melatou live; 36 percent live in West Africa and 36 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
It is most frequent in Greece, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 2,769,948. In Greece it is mostly concentrated in: North Aegean, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Greece it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 36 percent are found and Sweden, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melatou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melatou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻼﻃﻮ | mlatw | - |
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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 Melatou
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