Melaz Surname
Approximately 1,539 people bear this surname
Melaz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,404 | 1:27,515 | 4,994 |
| Indonesia | 125 | 1:1,057,994 | 76,813 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Melaz (28) may also be a first name.
Melaz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melaz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melaz is more frequently found in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melaz? popularity and diffusion
Melaz is the 256,222nd most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,735,248 people. The last name Melaz is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Melaz live; 91 percent live in North Africa and 91 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 28 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Algeria, where it is held by 1,404 people, or 1 in 27,515. In Algeria Melaz is most prevalent in: Oran Province, where 83 percent live, Béjaïa Province, where 10 percent live and Tizi Ouzou Province, where 7 percent live. Besides Algeria it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 8 percent live and France, where 0 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 Melaz
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