Meledje Surname
Approximately 6,989 people bear this surname
Meledje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 6,858 | 1:3,364 | 321 |
| Cameroon | 63 | 1:329,668 | 30,059 |
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
The alternate forms: Mélèdje (1) are calculated separately.
Meledje (3,082) may also be a first name.
Meledje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meledje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meledje occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It can be rendered as: Mélèdje. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meledje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 70,722nd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,042,717 people. The surname Meledje occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Meledje live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Meledje is also the 129,957th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 3,082 people.
The surname is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 6,858 people, or 1 in 3,364. In The Ivory Coast Meledje is mostly concentrated in: Lagunes District, where 49 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 42 percent are found and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 2 percent are found. Other than The Ivory Coast it exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Meledje
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