Melem Surname
Approximately 546 people bear this surname
Melem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 193 | 1:1,109,193 | 38,758 |
| Cameroon | 193 | 1:107,612 | 12,606 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Austria | 25 | 1:340,617 | 36,996 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
The alternate forms: Melém (3) are calculated separately.
Melem (1,044) may also be a first name.
Melem Demographics
Average Melem Salary in
United States
$16,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melem (Marathi: मेलेम, Russian: Мелем) occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Melém. For other potential spellings of Melem click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melem? popularity and diffusion
Melem is the 576,198th most frequently used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 13,347,154 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 40 percent of Melem reside; 38 percent reside in South America and 35 percent reside in Luso-South America. Melem is also the 247,928th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,044 people.
The surname is most widespread in Brazil, where it is borne by 193 people, or 1 in 1,109,193. In Brazil Melem is most prevalent in: Pará, where 43 percent are found, São Paulo, where 26 percent are found and Paraná, where 12 percent are found. Not including Brazil this last name is found in 20 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 35 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.
Melem Last Name Statistics demography
Melem earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melem in the Marathi language | ||
| मेलेम | melema | - |
| Melem in the Russian language | ||
| Мелем | melem | - |
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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 Melem
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