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 last name Melene is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Melene.
How Common Is The Last Name Melene? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,775,494th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. Melene occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Melene reside; 48 percent reside in Central Africa and 44 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 245,329th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 1,064 people.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 384,612. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 81 percent are found, East Region, where 9 percent are found and North Region, where 4 percent are found. Besides Cameroon Melene exists in 15 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.
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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