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 surname Melema (Arabic: ميليما) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Melema click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melema? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,530,696th most frequently held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Melema reside; 57 percent reside in Central Africa and 45 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Melema is also the 1,874,099th most numerous given name at a global level It is held by 31 people.
The surname Melema is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 649,033. In Cameroon Melema is primarily found in: East Region, where 88 percent live, Littoral Region, where 6 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Melema exists 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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