Melex Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Melex Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Melex (103) may also be a first name.
Melex Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melex Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melex has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melex? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melex is the 2,843,861st most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 49 percent of Melex reside; 49 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 49 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Melex is also the 930,172nd most common forename throughout the world It is held by 103 people.
It is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea Melex is most prevalent in: West Sepik, where 35 percent reside, Chimbu, where 26 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 22 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 17 percent reside and The Philippines, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Melex
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