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
Melawa is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melawa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Melawa live; 80 percent live in Southeast Asia and 75 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The surname is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 11,020,766. In Indonesia Melawa is most frequent in: Bali, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 10 percent reside and The Philippines, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Melawa
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