Meleva Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Meleva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 68 | 1:102,631 | 6,160 |
| North Macedonia | 47 | 1:44,712 | 4,934 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Meleva (18) may also be a first name.
Meleva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meleva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meleva (Russian: Мелева) is more commonly found in Bulgaria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meleva? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,478,479th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name Meleva occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Meleva are found; 80 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 80 percent are found in South Slavic Europe. Meleva is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring forename globally, held by 18 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Bulgaria, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 102,631. In Bulgaria Meleva is most common in: Plovdiv Province, where 65 percent are found, Burgas Province, where 15 percent are found and Sofia City Province, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Bulgaria Meleva exists in 10 countries. It is also common in North Macedonia, where 33 percent are found and Russia, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meleva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meleva in the Russian language | ||
| Мелева | meleva | - |
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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 Meleva
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