Melesse Surname
Approximately 35,418 people bear this surname
Melesse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 35,093 | 1:2,780 | 481 |
| Ivory Coast | 128 | 1:180,244 | 7,993 |
| United States | 108 | 1:3,356,101 | 190,802 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Austria | 6 | 1:1,419,239 | 86,529 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Mélesse (2) are calculated separately.
Melesse (59,668) may also be a first name.
Melesse Demographics
Average Melesse Salary in
United States
$53,036 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melesse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melesse Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melesse (Russian: Мелессе) is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Mélesse. For other potential spellings of Melesse click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melesse? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melesse is the 15,728th most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 205,758 people. Melesse is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Melesse reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Melesse is also the 15,926th most commonly held forename globally, borne by 59,668 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is held by 35,093 people, or 1 in 2,780. Excluding Ethiopia this last name is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Melesse Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Melesse are 24.55% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 77.78% registered with the party.
The amount Melesse earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 31.31% less than the national average, earning 237,735 kr per year; in United States they earn 22.91% more than the national average, earning $53,036 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.02% more than the national average, earning $53,668 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melesse Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melesse in the Russian language | ||
| Мелессе | melesse | - |
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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 Melesse
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