Meleme Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Meleme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 48 | 1:1,621,280 | 61,377 |
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 1:1,281,735 | 28,562 |
| Congo | 8 | 1:623,637 | 15,053 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Mélème (93) are calculated separately.
Meleme (2,030) may also be a first name.
Meleme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meleme Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meleme (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻠﻢ) occurs most in Turkey. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Mélème. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meleme? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,589,322nd most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Meleme reside; 30 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 27 percent reside in East Thrace and Karpass. Meleme is also the 167,576th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 2,030 people.
The last name is most numerous in Turkey, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 1,621,280. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 71 percent are found, Ordu Province, where 15 percent are found and Izmir Province, where 8 percent are found. Barring Turkey Meleme occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 33 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meleme Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meleme in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻠﻢ | mlm | - |
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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 Meleme
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