Melewe Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Melewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
Melewe (35) may also be a first name.
Melewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melewe occurs most in Cameroon. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melewe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,944,094th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Melewe are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 35 people.
The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 830,763. In Cameroon Melewe is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 43 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meleawe | 92 | 3 | / |
| Meleswe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Molewe | 83 | 250 | / |
| Melewa | 83 | 68 | / |
| Melebe | 83 | 48 | / |
| Malewe | 83 | 43 | / |
| Melewi | 83 | 9 | / |
| Melawe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Meliwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Meilew | 83 | 1 | / |
| Meleve | 83 | 1 | / |
| Milewe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Meleeva | 77 | 102 | / |
| Malejwe | 77 | 68 | / |
| Maleuwe | 77 | 8 | / |
| Melewai | 77 | 8 | / |
| Mealewa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Melebeh | 77 | 5 | / |
| Meloiwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Melivee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Meliwee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mieleve | 77 | 1 | / |
| Miliewe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moleawe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maleiwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Molejwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Meeleew | 77 | 1 | / |
| Milew | 73 | 21 | / |
| Meliw | 73 | 7 | / |
| Mylew | 73 | 0 | / |
| Meleoueh | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mmalejwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Milebe | 67 | 1,157 | / |
| Maleve | 67 | 881 | / |
| Malawe | 67 | 875 | / |
| Malowe | 67 | 498 | / |
| Milowe | 67 | 388 | / |
| Melawi | 67 | 85 | / |
| Melive | 67 | 74 | / |
| Milewa | 67 | 28 | / |
| Melibe | 67 | 26 | / |
| Molowe | 67 | 21 | / |
| Melave | 67 | 16 | / |
| Melove | 67 | 11 | / |
| Maliwe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Milawe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Meleby | 67 | 7 | / |
| Moleve | 67 | 6 | / |
| Maylew | 67 | 6 | / |
| Meliwa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Moliwe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Melevi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Myleve | 67 | 4 | / |
| Melebi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Molawe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Malewi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mileve | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meallawey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Milewi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Milhew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mileew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mileiwihe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melyve | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melowi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Metlhajwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melybe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mailew | 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
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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 Melewe
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