Melaya Surname
Approximately 815 people bear this surname
Melaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 619 | 1:163,551 | 26,849 |
| Indonesia | 80 | 1:1,653,115 | 108,474 |
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Melaya (174) may also be a first name.
Melaya Demographics
Melaya Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Melaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻼﻱ, Marathi: मेळया, Oriya: େମଲାୟା, Russian: Мелая) has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 424,566th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,941,774 people. The surname Melaya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Melaya are found; 87 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 75 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Melaya is also the 692,220th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 174 people.
It is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 619 people, or 1 in 163,551. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Mimaropa, where 47 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 16 percent are found and Calabarzon, where 16 percent are found. Other than The Philippines it occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 10 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.
Melaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻼﻱ | mlay | - |
| Melaya in the Oriya language | ||
| େମଲାୟା | emalaya | - |
| Melaya in the Marathi language | ||
| मेळया | melaya | 66.67 |
| मेलया | melaya | 33.33 |
| Melaya in the Russian language | ||
| Мелая | melaa | - |
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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 Melaya
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