Mele Surname
Approximately 55,844 people bear this surname
Mele Surname Definition:
(Polish, Ukranian, Russian) The pleasant or charming person.
Read More About This SurnameMele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 27,206 | 1:2,248 | 145 |
| Nigeria | 6,724 | 1:26,345 | 2,266 |
| United States | 5,816 | 1:62,321 | 7,303 |
| Niger | 1,861 | 1:10,313 | 785 |
| Argentina | 1,458 | 1:29,316 | 2,456 |
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| India | 1,281 | 1:598,802 | 28,900 |
| Bangladesh | 991 | 1:160,804 | 5,900 |
| Chad | 963 | 1:14,114 | 1,774 |
| DR Congo | 930 | 1:79,440 | 9,181 |
| France | 794 | 1:83,656 | 11,876 |
| Benin | 679 | 1:15,222 | 2,061 |
| Vanuatu | 472 | 1:558 | 113 |
| Canada | 461 | 1:79,925 | 8,933 |
| Spain | 378 | 1:123,683 | 9,568 |
| Slovenia | 327 | 1:7,608 | 1,712 |
| Papua New Guinea | 325 | 1:25,088 | 2,780 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| Switzerland | 286 | 1:28,716 | 4,384 |
| Brazil | 268 | 1:798,785 | 28,976 |
| Belgium | 231 | 1:49,769 | 8,099 |
| Albania | 222 | 1:13,126 | 2,404 |
| Kenya | 206 | 1:224,174 | 15,814 |
| Ivory Coast | 191 | 1:120,792 | 5,953 |
| Australia | 189 | 1:142,834 | 15,308 |
| Fiji | 189 | 1:4,732 | 899 |
| Tanzania | 177 | 1:299,105 | 23,110 |
| Zimbabwe | 160 | 1:96,489 | 13,660 |
| Germany | 158 | 1:509,528 | 43,279 |
| England | 127 | 1:438,725 | 29,288 |
| Cameroon | 122 | 1:170,238 | 18,185 |
| Venezuela | 93 | 1:324,775 | 7,266 |
| South Africa | 90 | 1:601,974 | 45,802 |
| Indonesia | 85 | 1:1,555,873 | 103,724 |
| Congo | 83 | 1:60,110 | 5,403 |
| Solomon Islands | 66 | 1:8,788 | 1,464 |
| Uruguay | 59 | 1:58,165 | 6,298 |
| Poland | 52 | 1:730,937 | 60,459 |
| Iran | 42 | 1:1,828,155 | 67,506 |
| New Zealand | 41 | 1:110,447 | 14,290 |
| Greece | 40 | 1:276,995 | 41,298 |
| Turkmenistan | 37 | 1:148,354 | 3,025 |
| Thailand | 30 | 1:2,354,612 | 261,046 |
| Uganda | 30 | 1:1,301,309 | 50,636 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Turkey | 21 | 1:3,705,782 | 95,296 |
| Lesotho | 18 | 1:112,920 | 11,579 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Norway | 14 | 1:367,306 | 34,015 |
| Chile | 10 | 1:1,761,647 | 27,489 |
| Haiti | 10 | 1:1,068,391 | 11,823 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Tonga | 4 | 1:26,828 | 461 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1:2,412,249 | 13,111 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Melé (31), Melè (17), Mêle (3), Méle (2), Mélé (24) & Mêlé (3) are calculated separately.
Mele (18,182) may also be a first name.
Mele Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Polish, Ukranian, Russian) The pleasant or charming person.
User-submitted Reference
The Mele surname means 'apple' in Italian.
- amaniguzelMele Demographics
Average Male Mele Height
175.46 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Mele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mele (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻠﻪ, Hindi: मेले, Marathi: मेळे, Oriya: େମେଲ, Russian: Меле) is found in Italy more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Melé, Melè, Mêle, Méle, Mélé or Mêlé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mele? popularity and diffusion
Mele is the 10,074th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 130,498 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 54 percent of Mele live; 49 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 49 percent live in Italic Europe. Mele is also the 40,529th most frequently used forename at a global level It is held by 18,182 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Italy, where it is borne by 27,206 people, or 1 in 2,248. In Italy Mele is mostly concentrated in: Apulia, where 31 percent live, Campania, where 25 percent live and Sardinia, where 16 percent live. Besides Italy this last name is found in 118 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 12 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.
Mele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mele has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mele surname rose 72,700 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 12,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Mele surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (91%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Mele last name are 9.03% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.8% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Mele earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 0.97% less than the national average, earning €29,738 per year; in Norway they earn 66.42% more than the national average, earning 575,958 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 59.7% less than the national average, earning R 95,772 per year; in United States they earn 14.93% more than the national average, earning $49,590 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.01% more than the national average, earning $62,607 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mele in the Hindi language | ||
| मेले | mele | - |
| Mele in the Oriya language | ||
| େମେଲ | emela | 85.71 |
| େମଲ | emala | 7.14 |
| େମେଳ | emela | 7.14 |
| Mele in the Marathi language | ||
| मेळे | mele | 82.21 |
| मेले | mele | 16.49 |
| मेऴे | mele | 0.29 |
| मोेळे | moele | 0.29 |
| मेले़ | mele | 0.14 |
| ंमेळे | mmele | 0.14 |
| Mele in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻠﻪ | mlh | 75 |
| ﻣﻞ | ml | 16.67 |
| ﻣﻠﺔ | mlt | 8.33 |
| Mele in the Russian language | ||
| Меле | mele | - |
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