Meletse Surname
Approximately 536 people bear this surname
Meletse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 531 | 1:102,030 | 12,349 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
Meletse (19) may also be a first name.
Meletse Demographics
Average Meletse Salary in
South Africa
R 213,300
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Meletse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meletse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meletse (Russian: Мелеце) is found most in South Africa. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meletse? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 584,278th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 13,596,168 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Meletse live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most common first name on earth, held by 19 people.
Meletse is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 531 people, or 1 in 102,030. In South Africa Meletse is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 67 percent are found, Limpopo, where 21 percent are found and North West, where 6 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.
Meletse Last Name Statistics demography
Meletse earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 10.24% less than the national average, earning R 213,300 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meletse Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meletse in the Russian language | ||
| Мелеце | melece | - |
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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 Meletse
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