Melenia Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Melenia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melenia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya791:584,55627,458
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Melenia (3,967) may also be a first name.

Melenia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Melenia (Oriya: େମେଲନିଆ) is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Melenia click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melenia? popularity and diffusion

Melenia is the 1,918,812th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Melenia reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Melenia is also the 111,007th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 3,967 people.

The last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 584,556. In Kenya Melenia is most numerous in: Busia County, where 91 percent live, Uasin Gishu County, where 5 percent live and Bungoma County, where 1 percent live. Other than Kenya this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent live and Uganda, where 5 percent live.

Melenia Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Melenia last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Melenia earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.01% less than the national average, earning $42,281 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Melenia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melenia in the Oriya language
େମେଲନିଆemelani'a-

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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
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  • 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 Melenia
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