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
The surname Melba (Arabic: ميلبا, Marathi: मेलबा) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melba is the 1,148,257th most numerous last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. The last name Melba occurs mostly in Asia, where 60 percent of Melba reside; 56 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 55 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Melba is also the 8,674th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 118,909 people.
Melba is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 1,160,081. In Indonesia Melba is most frequent in: South Sulawesi, where 51 percent live, Riau, where 35 percent live and Riau Islands, where 14 percent live. Excluding Indonesia this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in The Dominican Republic, where 30 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
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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