Meleshi Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Meleshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Meleshi (175) may also be a first name.
Meleshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meleshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meleshi (Marathi: मेलेशी) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Meleshi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meleshi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meleshi is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Meleshi is primarily found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Meleshi live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 690,096th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 175 people.
It is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 50 percent are found and South Carolina, where 50 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent are found and Zambia, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meleshi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meleshi in the Marathi language | ||
| मेलेशी | melesi | 80 |
| मेलेिश | meleisa | 20 |
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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 Meleshi
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