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 is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Meleba.
How Common Is The Last Name Meleba? popularity and diffusion
Meleba is the 2,414,640th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name Meleba occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Meleba reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Meleba is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 258,390. In Benin Meleba is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 45 percent live, Mono Department, where 35 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 15 percent live. Outside of Benin Meleba is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 30 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
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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 Meleba
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