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 occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Melekie.
How Common Is The Last Name Melekie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melekie is the 267,807th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 4,998,317 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Melekie live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Other than Ethiopia this last name occurs 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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