Melemu Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Melemu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Melemu (1,265) may also be a first name.
Melemu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melemu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melemu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melemu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,689,253rd most common last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname Melemu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Melemu are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 221,869th most commonly held given name world-wide, held by 1,265 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria Melemu is mostly found in: Kogi, where 69 percent live, Benue, where 20 percent live and Nasarawa, where 3 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 29 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melemud | 92 | 1 | / |
| Melemou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Meleumou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Melamu | 83 | 2,464 | / |
| Malemu | 83 | 509 | / |
| Molemu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Milemu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Melomu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mailemu | 77 | 81 | / |
| Mallemu | 77 | 43 | / |
| Mahlemu | 77 | 10 | / |
| Molemou | 77 | 8 | / |
| Melimau | 77 | 4 | / |
| Maleemu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Melamou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Maleamu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mealamu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maleimau | 71 | 50 | / |
| Mailemou | 71 | 22 | / |
| Maleumou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malamu | 67 | 3,156 | / |
| Molamu | 67 | 2,908 | / |
| Milimu | 67 | 1,716 | / |
| Malimu | 67 | 1,270 | / |
| Milamu | 67 | 90 | / |
| Molomu | 67 | 35 | / |
| Malomu | 67 | 13 | / |
| Malymu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Molimu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Melemu
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