Melenga Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Melenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Zambia | 13 | 1:1,219,225 | 30,856 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Melenga (43) may also be a first name.
Melenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melenga is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Melenga.
How Common Is The Last Name Melenga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,943,350th most numerous surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Melenga live; 42 percent live in Oceania Islands and 42 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Melenga is also the 1,545,828th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 43 people.
This surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 209,070. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: New Ireland, where 85 percent are found, East New Britain, where 13 percent are found and Southern Highlands, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 29 percent are found and Zambia, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Melenga
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