Meleba Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Meleba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 40 | 1:258,390 | 22,474 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Meleba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meleba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meleba occurs most in Benin. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meleba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,414,640th most common surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Meleba are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 258,390. In Benin it is primarily found in: Zou Department, where 45 percent reside, Mono Department, where 35 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Benin Meleba is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 30 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Meleba
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