Melekau Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Melekau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Melekau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melekau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melekau occurs in The Solomon Islands more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melekau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melekau is the 10,311,814th most widely held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Melekau reside; 67 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 67 percent reside in Solomonic Oceania.
The last name is most commonly held in The Solomon Islands, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 290,014. In The Solomon Islands it is most common in: Guadalcanal Province, where 50 percent live and Temotu Province, where 50 percent live. Excluding The Solomon Islands this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 33 percent live.
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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 Melekau
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