Meletia Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Meletia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meletia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Meletia (173) may also be a first name.

Meletia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Meletia Come From? nationality or country of origin

Meletia is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Meletia click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Meletia? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,772,636th most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 88 percent of Meletia reside; 88 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 88 percent reside in Hawaii. It is also the 694,534th most widespread first name in the world, held by 173 people.

Meletia is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 22,653,683. In The United States Meletia is most frequent in: Hawaii, where 94 percent are found and Oregon, where 6 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 6 percent are found.

Meletia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Meletia has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Meletia last name increased 1,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Meletia Last Name Statistics demography

Meletia earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 66.54% less than the national average, earning $14,438 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meletio8668/
Maletia867/
Meletea865/
Miletia863/
Melytia861/
Melatia861/
Meletios8029/
Malaetia806/
Melietio804/
Meletioy802/
Mehlotia802/
Malettia801/
Maeletja801/
Melatayia751/
Malaeti'a751/
Malatia71296/
Moletja71108/
Militia7113/
Malotia7112/
Melitio7111/
Molotia713/
Malitia713/
Melotja712/
Maletio711/
Molatia711/
Maletja711/
Malattia67234/
Melittio678/
Milatiah677/
Malatjia673/
Malhotia673/
Militias671/
Mailatia671/

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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 Meletia
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