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
Melep has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Melep.
How Common Is The Last Name Melep? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,106,139th most widespread family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. Melep occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 63 percent of Melep reside; 63 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 63 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Melep is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring given name worldwide, borne by 21 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 163,074. In Papua New Guinea Melep is primarily concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 44 percent live, East Sepik, where 32 percent live and East New Britain, where 24 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 30 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 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
- 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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