Melba Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Melba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 114 | 1:1,160,081 | 82,627 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Melba (118,909) may also be a first name.
Melba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melba (Arabic: ميلبا, Marathi: मेलबा) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,148,257th most widespread family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Melba are found; 56 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 55 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 8,674th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 118,909 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 1,160,081. In Indonesia Melba is mostly found in: South Sulawesi, where 51 percent reside, Riau, where 35 percent reside and Riau Islands, where 14 percent reside. Besides Indonesia this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also common in The Dominican Republic, where 30 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melba in the Marathi language | ||
| मेलबा | melaba | 89.47 |
| मेलब | melaba | 5.26 |
| मेलेबा | meleba | 5.26 |
| Melba in the Arabic language | ||
| ميلبا | mylba | - |
| ملبا | mlba | - |
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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 Melba
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