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 last name Meleva (Russian: Мелева) is found most frequently in Bulgaria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meleva? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,478,479th most numerous family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 50,961,860 people. The surname is mostly found 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. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held given name throughout the world, borne by 18 people.
It is most widely held in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 102,631. In Bulgaria it is most common in: Plovdiv Province, where 65 percent reside, Burgas Province, where 15 percent reside and Sofia City Province, where 10 percent reside. Besides Bulgaria this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in North Macedonia, where 33 percent reside and Russia, where 10 percent reside.
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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