Melayi Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Melayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 21 | 1:3,656,311 | 102,225 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Melayi (1,410) may also be a first name.
Melayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melayi occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Melayi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melayi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,274,477th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Melayi are found; 83 percent are found in South Asia and 58 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 208,047th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 1,410 people.
Melayi is most commonly held in Iran, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 3,656,311. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Semnan Province, where 62 percent live, Tehran Province, where 29 percent live and Gilan Province, where 5 percent live. Not including Iran it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent live and Nigeria, where 11 percent live.
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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 Melayi
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