Melene Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Melene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 54 | 1:384,612 | 33,542 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Melene (1,064) may also be a first name.
Melene Demographics
Average Melene Salary in
South Africa
R 228,744
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Melene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melene is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Melene.
How Common Is The Last Name Melene? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melene is the 1,775,494th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Melene are found; 48 percent are found in Central Africa and 44 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Melene is also the 245,329th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,064 people.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 384,612. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 81 percent reside, East Region, where 9 percent reside and North Region, where 4 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.
Melene Last Name Statistics demography
Melene earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 3.74% less than the national average, earning R 228,744 per year.
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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 Melene
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