Melele Surname
Approximately 1,741 people bear this surname
Melele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,095 | 1:48,349 | 5,413 |
| Cameroon | 274 | 1:75,800 | 9,382 |
| Zambia | 239 | 1:66,318 | 5,872 |
| South Africa | 78 | 1:694,586 | 49,962 |
| Namibia | 35 | 1:68,840 | 7,364 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Melele (66) may also be a first name.
Melele Demographics
Average Melele Salary in
South Africa
R 138,432
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Melele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melele is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melele? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melele is the 232,007th most widespread last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 4,185,839 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Melele live; 63 percent live in East Africa and 63 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 66 people.
It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,095 people, or 1 in 48,349. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 46 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 15 percent live and Lindi Region, where 13 percent live. Beside Tanzania it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 16 percent live and Zambia, where 14 percent live.
Melele Last Name Statistics demography
Melele earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.75% less than the national average, earning R 138,432 per year.
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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 Melele
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