Meleku Surname
Approximately 2,271 people bear this surname
Meleku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,254 | 1:43,277 | 4,742 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Meleku (32) may also be a first name.
Meleku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meleku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meleku occurs most in Ethiopia. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meleku? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 186,470th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 3,208,959 people. Meleku occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Meleku reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Meleku is also the 1,840,253rd most widely held given name throughout the world It is held by 32 people.
The last name Meleku is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 2,254 people, or 1 in 43,277. Beside Ethiopia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melekou | 92 | 1,309 | / |
| Melekeu | 92 | 7 | / |
| Meleaku | 92 | 6 | / |
| Melekau | 92 | 3 | / |
| Melesku | 92 | 2 | / |
| Moeleku | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mgeleku | 92 | 1 | / |
| Moelaeku | 86 | 6 | / |
| Meulekeu | 86 | 5 | / |
| Meelaeku | 86 | 1 | / |
| Melekush | 86 | 1 | / |
| Melaku | 83 | 184,566 | / |
| Maleku | 83 | 756 | / |
| Meliku | 83 | 115 | / |
| Meloku | 83 | 6 | / |
| Moleku | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mileku | 83 | 1 | / |
| Meuleukeu | 80 | 22 | / |
| Melekusch | 80 | 19 | / |
| Malekau | 77 | 651 | / |
| Melecou | 77 | 35 | / |
| Moeliku | 77 | 31 | / |
| Malekui | 77 | 20 | / |
| Molaeku | 77 | 12 | / |
| Metliku | 77 | 10 | / |
| Malekeu | 77 | 10 | / |
| Maleiku | 77 | 9 | / |
| Maleeku | 77 | 5 | / |
| Melokou | 77 | 4 | / |
| Milesku | 77 | 2 | / |
| Melescu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Meligku | 77 | 2 | / |
| Melekoe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Melakuh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Milekou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Malaeku | 77 | 1 | / |
| Malekuh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Malekuj | 77 | 1 | / |
| Malekahu | 71 | 20 | / |
| Malekkou | 71 | 20 | / |
| Maleukeu | 71 | 9 | / |
| Meligkou | 71 | 4 | / |
| Malegkou | 71 | 4 | / |
| Meilescu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Melakhou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Maliekou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Maalekeu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Melihkuh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mohlekhu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Melikush | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maloku | 67 | 7,370 | / |
| Malaku | 67 | 2,721 | / |
| Moloku | 67 | 485 | / |
| Maliku | 67 | 464 | / |
| Milaku | 67 | 183 | / |
| Miliku | 67 | 38 | / |
| Melykó | 67 | 36 | / |
| Miloku | 67 | 15 | / |
| Molaku | 67 | 11 | / |
| Moliku | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mahalekau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Malecu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meliků | 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
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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 Meleku
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