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
The last name Meleya (Oriya: େମେଲୟା) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meleya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meleya is the 757,040th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 19,279,222 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Meleya are found; 68 percent are found in East Africa and 66 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 357,157th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 555 people.
The surname Meleya is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 249 people, or 1 in 212,617. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Arusha Region, where 100 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 25 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.
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
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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 Meleya
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