Meleya Surname
Approximately 378 people bear this surname
Meleya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 249 | 1:212,617 | 17,846 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Meleya (555) may also be a first name.
Meleya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meleya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meleya (Oriya: େମେଲୟା) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meleya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 757,040th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 19,279,222 people. Meleya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Meleya reside; 68 percent reside in East Africa and 66 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Meleya is also the 357,157th most numerous forename on earth It is held by 555 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 249 people, or 1 in 212,617. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Arusha Region, where 100 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent are found. Not including Tanzania it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 25 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meleya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meleya in the Oriya language | ||
| େମେଲୟା | emelaya | - |
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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 Meleya
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