Melawa Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Melawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Melawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melawa occurs most in Indonesia. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Melawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melawa is the 4,427,875th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Melawa are found; 80 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 75 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
Melawa is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 11,020,766. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: Bali, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia Melawa exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 10 percent are found and The Philippines, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Melawa
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