Meleye Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Meleye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 59 | 1:3,002,420 | 93,371 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Meleye (242) may also be a first name.
Meleye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meleye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meleye occurs most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meleye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,273,756th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. Meleye is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Meleye live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 574,510th most widespread given name on earth It is held by 242 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 3,002,420. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 81 percent live, Lagos, where 12 percent live and Ogun, where 5 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
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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 Meleye
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