Melep Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Melep Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 50 | 1:163,074 | 22,562 |
| Turkey | 24 | 1:3,242,559 | 89,463 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Melep (21) may also be a first name.
Melep Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melep Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melep occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melep? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melep is the 2,106,139th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 63 percent of Melep live; 63 percent live in Oceania Islands and 63 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Melep is also the 2,368,944th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 21 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 163,074. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Southern Highlands, where 44 percent are found, East Sepik, where 32 percent are found and East New Britain, where 24 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 30 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 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 Melep
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