Meletong Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Meletong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 50 | 1:163,074 | 22,562 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Meletong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meletong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meletong is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meletong? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,718,172nd most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Meletong live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Meletong is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 163,074. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: East New Britain, where 86 percent are found, Morobe, where 6 percent are found and West New Britain, where 4 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea Meletong occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meleton | 93 | 146 | / |
| Melitong | 88 | 9 | / |
| Maletong | 88 | 8 | / |
| Melotong | 88 | 4 | / |
| Meleston | 88 | 2 | / |
| Meletoun | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mehleton | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mettleton | 82 | 16 | / |
| Maleetong | 82 | 2 | / |
| Meliton | 80 | 4,857 | / |
| Mileton | 80 | 7 | / |
| Meletom | 80 | 1 | / |
| Meletan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maleethong | 78 | 1 | / |
| Meliston | 75 | 431 | / |
| Malitong | 75 | 218 | / |
| Malotong | 75 | 50 | / |
| Malatong | 75 | 35 | / |
| Mitleton | 75 | 20 | / |
| Majleton | 75 | 7 | / |
| Mileston | 75 | 4 | / |
| Molatong | 75 | 3 | / |
| Melitone | 75 | 2 | / |
| Melatang | 75 | 1 | / |
| Militong | 75 | 1 | / |
| Miletone | 75 | 1 | / |
| Myleston | 75 | 1 | / |
| Malithong | 71 | 5,603 | / |
| Malathong | 71 | 1,472 | / |
| Milestone | 71 | 505 | / |
| Malaitong | 71 | 76 | / |
| Mitletton | 71 | 22 | / |
| Mittleton | 71 | 6 | / |
| Maledtang | 71 | 2 | / |
| Midtleton | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malaithong | 67 | 3,456 | / |
| Militon | 67 | 408 | / |
| Melitão | 67 | 33 | / |
| Milaythong | 67 | 15 | / |
| Melitón | 67 | 9 | / |
| Melitan | 67 | 5 | / |
| Miletan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Melitonova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Melitòn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Milesstone | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mallaitong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Myliton | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melitom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Midttleton | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Meletong
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