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 is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melep? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,106,139th most common surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. The surname Melep occurs mostly 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 widely held given name at a global level It is held by 21 people.
It is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 163,074. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Southern Highlands, where 44 percent are found, East Sepik, where 32 percent are found and East New Britain, where 24 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea Melep occurs 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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