Melema Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Melema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Melema (31) may also be a first name.
Melema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melema (Arabic: ميليما) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,530,696th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. Melema occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Melema are found; 57 percent are found in Central Africa and 45 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Melema is also the 1,874,099th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 31 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 649,033. In Cameroon Melema is primarily concentrated in: East Region, where 88 percent live, Littoral Region, where 6 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent live. Other than Cameroon Melema is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melema in the Arabic language | ||
| ميليما | mylyma | - |
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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 Melema
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