Melegbe Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Melegbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Melegbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melegbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melegbe occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Melegbe.
How Common Is The Last Name Melegbe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Melegbe reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Melegbe is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kogi, where 67 percent are found and Lagos, where 33 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melegbeu | 93 | 3 | / |
| Molegbe | 86 | 149 | / |
| Malegbe | 86 | 32 | / |
| Melegue | 86 | 16 | / |
| Melegwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Melagbe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Malegbea | 80 | 27 | / |
| Molegbeu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mallegbe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Malegbeu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Meleague | 80 | 0 | / |
| Melekwe | 71 | 797 | / |
| Malagbe | 71 | 16 | / |
| Meleque | 71 | 12 | / |
| Maligbe | 71 | 11 | / |
| Melegui | 71 | 10 | / |
| Malogbe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mologbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Milogbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mailegue | 67 | 51 | / |
| Melesque | 67 | 27 | / |
| Melekwue | 67 | 11 | / |
| Melescue | 67 | 7 | / |
| Meleques | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Melegbe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis