Melenephy Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

Melenephy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melenephy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa331:1,641,74981,435
Namibia51:481,88011,140

Melenephy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Melenephy Come From? nationality or country of origin

Melenephy occurs most in South Africa. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melenephy? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,185,033rd most frequent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Melenephy are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Melenephy is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 1,641,749. In South Africa Melenephy is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 94 percent live and Gauteng, where 6 percent live. Besides South Africa Melenephy exists in one country. It is also common in Namibia, where 13 percent live.

Melenephy Last Name Statistics demography

Melenephy earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.97% less than the national average, earning R 149,772 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melanephy8928/
Melaniphy78109/
Melanaphy7872/
Melanophy7855/
Malanephy780/
Melanefy712/
Malanaphy67254/
Melaneffy671/
Melenefie671/
Molanaphy670/
Malanophy670/
Mallanaphy6322/
Melanify595/
Malanopy590/
Malenafy590/
Malinipay561/
Melanafey561/

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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 Melenephy
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