Melekie Surname
Approximately 1,458 people bear this surname
Melekie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Melekie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melekie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melekie is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melekie? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 267,807th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,998,317 people. Melekie is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Melekie reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa.
It is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Not including Ethiopia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 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
- 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 Melekie
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