Melea Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Melea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Greece | 46 | 1:240,865 | 36,930 |
| Solomon Islands | 25 | 1:23,201 | 4,555 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Melea (3,695) may also be a first name.
Melea Demographics
Melea Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Melea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melea is most common in The DR Congo. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melea? popularity and diffusion
Melea is the 1,333,288th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 48 percent of Melea live; 44 percent live in Central Africa and 43 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Melea is also the 116,025th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 3,695 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 1,191,606. Barring The DR Congo Melea exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 27 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 15 percent reside.
Melea Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Melea has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Melea surname fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Melea Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Melea last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
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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 Melea
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