Melepe Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Melepe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Melepe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melepe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melepe is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Melepe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melepe? popularity and diffusion
Melepe is the 3,485,539th most numerous family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 53 percent of Melepe live; 53 percent live in Oceania Islands and 53 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
This last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Southern Highlands, where 71 percent reside and National Capital District, where 29 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 41 percent reside and Lesotho, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Melepe
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