Melebe Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Melebe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Melebe (27) may also be a first name.
Melebe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melebe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melebe has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melebe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,808,717th most commonly held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Melebe live; 77 percent live in Central Africa and 77 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 27 people.
The last name Melebe is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 2,172,929. Not including The DR Congo this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live and Cameroon, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melebeh | 92 | 5 | / |
| Mielebe | 92 | 4 | / |
| Melebeu | 92 | 2 | / |
| Meliebe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Malebe | 83 | 3,925 | / |
| Milebe | 83 | 1,157 | / |
| Molebe | 83 | 463 | / |
| Meleba | 83 | 63 | / |
| Melewe | 83 | 44 | / |
| Melibe | 83 | 26 | / |
| Meleby | 83 | 7 | / |
| Melabe | 83 | 6 | / |
| Melebi | 83 | 4 | / |
| Melobe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Meleve | 83 | 1 | / |
| Melybe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Meleeva | 77 | 102 | / |
| Mahlebe | 77 | 31 | / |
| Mailebe | 77 | 21 | / |
| Melibeu | 77 | 13 | / |
| Mohlebe | 77 | 6 | / |
| Mehlabe | 77 | 5 | / |
| Malebea | 77 | 3 | / |
| Meleawe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Malebhe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Melebai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Melibey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Malebee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Melivee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Meliwee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Melibea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Melebay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Meleswe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Malebie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Melaabe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mileibe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mileybe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mieleve | 77 | 1 | / |
| Melebaya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Meleoueh | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mohlebei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mehelebi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malibe | 67 | 3,252 | / |
| Malabe | 67 | 1,465 | / |
| Malobe | 67 | 632 | / |
| Melibi | 67 | 553 | / |
| Molabe | 67 | 458 | / |
| Molobe | 67 | 245 | / |
| Molebi | 67 | 200 | / |
| Malebi | 67 | 123 | / |
| Melabi | 67 | 105 | / |
| Molibe | 67 | 96 | / |
| Melive | 67 | 74 | / |
| Melewa | 67 | 68 | / |
| Meliba | 67 | 53 | / |
| Milobe | 67 | 30 | / |
| Maleby | 67 | 22 | / |
| Milabe | 67 | 15 | / |
| Melewi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mileba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Melevi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Myleve | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mileve | 67 | 2 | / |
| Melobi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mehellebi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meliwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Milibe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mileby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Milewe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melyve | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meliby | 67 | 0 | / |
| Moleby | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Melebe
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