Meleka Surname
Approximately 14,236 people bear this surname
Meleka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,879 | 1:157,218 | 9,831 |
| Tanzania | 2,725 | 1:19,428 | 2,472 |
| Malawi | 1,751 | 1:9,777 | 1,514 |
| Ethiopia | 1,610 | 1:60,588 | 6,165 |
| Egypt | 1,464 | 1:62,798 | 5,897 |
| Zambia | 773 | 1:20,504 | 2,261 |
| DR Congo | 417 | 1:177,169 | 18,031 |
| Ukraine | 99 | 1:459,825 | 53,915 |
| United States | 96 | 1:3,775,614 | 208,022 |
| Zimbabwe | 95 | 1:162,508 | 20,181 |
| Russia | 91 | 1:1,583,770 | 106,512 |
| Transnistria | 68 | 1:6,981 | 1,346 |
| Canada | 43 | 1:856,874 | 66,382 |
| Moldova | 40 | 1:89,034 | 11,037 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Meleka (13,211) may also be a first name.
Meleka Demographics
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Meleka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meleka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meleka (Oriya: େମେଲକା, Russian: Мелека) is found most frequently in India. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meleka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 37,032nd most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 511,910 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Meleka reside; 34 percent reside in South Asia and 34 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Meleka is also the 50,708th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 13,211 people.
This last name is most frequent in India, where it is held by 4,879 people, or 1 in 157,218. In India Meleka is most common in: Odisha, where 100 percent are found, Assam, where 0 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 0 percent are found. Not including India Meleka is found in 42 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 19 percent are found and Malawi, where 12 percent are found.
Meleka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (75%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Meleka last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Meleka earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 88.96% less than the national average, earning R 26,232 per year; in United States they earn 21.15% more than the national average, earning $52,276 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.77% more than the national average, earning $53,544 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meleka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meleka in the Oriya language | ||
| େମେଲକା | emelaka | 96.69 |
| େମଲାକା | emalaka | 0.35 |
| େମଲକା | emalaka | 0.21 |
| େମେଳକା | emelaka | 0.14 |
| େସେଲକା | eselaka | 0.14 |
| ମଲାକା | malaka | 0.07 |
| ମାେଲୟା | maelaya | 0.07 |
| କିଲାକା | kilaka | 0.07 |
| ଅେମେଲକା | aemelaka | 0.07 |
| ମାେଲ | maela | 0.07 |
| ତିେଳ | tiela | 0.07 |
| େମଲିକା | emalika | 0.07 |
| Meleka in the Russian language | ||
| Мелека | meleka | - |
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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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- 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 Meleka
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