Melayo Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Melayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 170 | 1:595,519 | 64,950 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Melayo (21) may also be a first name.
Melayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melayo occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Melayo.
How Common Is The Last Name Melayo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,305,105th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Melayo reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,368,944th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 21 people.
This surname is most common in The Philippines, where it is carried by 170 people, or 1 in 595,519. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Mimaropa, where 28 percent live, Western Visayas, where 26 percent live and Calabarzon, where 16 percent live. Aside from The Philippines it exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 2 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 Melayo
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