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) is found in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 424,566th most common surname on earth, held by around 1 in 8,941,774 people. The last name Melaya occurs mostly in Asia, where 89 percent of Melaya live; 87 percent live in Southeast Asia and 75 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Melaya is also the 692,220th most common first name globally. It is borne by 174 people.
This last name is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is carried by 619 people, or 1 in 163,551. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Mimaropa, where 47 percent live, National Capital Region, where 16 percent live and Calabarzon, where 16 percent live. Not including The Philippines this last name is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 10 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.
Melaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Melaya last name is principally 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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