Melenzi Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Melenzi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melenzi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Italy21:30,578,344160,757

Melenzi (15) may also be a first name.

Melenzi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Melenzi is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melenzi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Melenzi is mostly found in Oceania, where 71 percent of Melenzi live; 71 percent live in Oceania Islands and 71 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Melenzi is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 15 people.

The surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Morobe, where 100 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea Melenzi occurs in one country. It is also found in Italy, where 29 percent live.

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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 Melenzi
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