Melesi Surname
Approximately 1,328 people bear this surname
Melesi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 544 | 1:99,591 | 12,088 |
| Italy | 429 | 1:142,556 | 22,550 |
| Argentina | 92 | 1:464,602 | 34,717 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Uruguay | 43 | 1:79,808 | 8,179 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Melesi (954) may also be a first name.
Melesi Demographics
Average Melesi Salary in
United States
$59,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melesi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melesi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melesi (Oriya: େମେଳସି) has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melesi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 288,746th most frequently held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,487,610 people. The surname Melesi is mostly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Melesi are found; 43 percent are found in Southern Africa and 43 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 261,449th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 954 people.
The surname Melesi is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 544 people, or 1 in 99,591. In South Africa Melesi is primarily concentrated in: Free State, where 67 percent reside, Gauteng, where 12 percent reside and North West, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this last name exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 32 percent reside and Argentina, where 7 percent reside.
Melesi Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Melesi earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 25.04% less than the national average, earning R 178,140 per year and in United States they earn 37.03% more than the national average, earning $59,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melesi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melesi in the Oriya language | ||
| େମେଳସି | emelasi | - |
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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 Melesi
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