Melegue Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Melegue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Melegue (98) may also be a first name.
Melegue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melegue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melegue occurs more in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Melegue.
How Common Is The Last Name Melegue? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melegue is the 4,908,606th most prevalent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Melegue are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Melegue is also the 956,749th most commonly used forename on earth, held by 98 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Niger, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 1,599,335. In Niger it is most frequent in: Tahoua Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Niger it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 13 percent are found and Brazil, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meleague | 93 | 0 | / |
| Meleque | 86 | 12 | / |
| Meligue | 86 | 12 | / |
| Melegui | 86 | 10 | / |
| Melegbe | 86 | 7 | / |
| Melegwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Meleg | 83 | 1,744 | / |
| Mailegue | 80 | 51 | / |
| Melesque | 80 | 27 | / |
| Melekwue | 80 | 11 | / |
| Melescue | 80 | 7 | / |
| Meleques | 80 | 1 | / |
| Meleke | 77 | 2,486 | / |
| Melegh | 77 | 465 | / |
| Meleek | 77 | 398 | / |
| Meleuc | 77 | 101 | / |
| Mealeg | 77 | 4 | / |
| Meleuk | 77 | 2 | / |
| Metleg | 77 | 2 | / |
| Meleag | 77 | 1 | / |
| Meileg | 77 | 0 | / |
| Melekwe | 71 | 797 | / |
| Meligui | 71 | 477 | / |
| Melique | 71 | 378 | / |
| Mmeleke | 71 | 187 | / |
| Meyleuc | 71 | 20 | / |
| Mileque | 71 | 9 | / |
| 'Meleke | 71 | 8 | / |
| Meleske | 71 | 7 | / |
| Melequa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Meleake | 71 | 4 | / |
| Metlegh | 71 | 4 | / |
| Meleike | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mealeke | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meheleg | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meleigh | 71 | 0 | / |
| Metleke | 71 | 0 | / |
| Melek | 67 | 6,878 | / |
| Melec | 67 | 134 | / |
| Meylheuc | 67 | 124 | / |
| Melig | 67 | 110 | / |
| Melex | 67 | 47 | / |
| Meleq | 67 | 37 | / |
| Melegova | 67 | 30 | / |
| Melicque | 67 | 17 | / |
| Mileg | 67 | 17 | / |
| Mehlecke | 67 | 12 | / |
| Melesqui | 67 | 10 | / |
| Milesque | 67 | 2 | / |
| Metleigh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meloigui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meliquet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melikque | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melisque | 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 Melegue
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