Melfah Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Melfah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 57 | 1:3,107,768 | 95,628 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Melfah Demographics
Average Melfah Salary in
United States
$80,781 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melfah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melfah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melfah is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melfah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,106,139th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. Melfah is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Melfah reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Melfah is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 3,107,768. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 28 percent are found, Lagos, where 23 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 16 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.
Melfah Last Name Statistics demography
Melfah earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 87.21% more than the national average, earning $80,781 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melfa | 91 | 657 | / |
| Milfah | 83 | 25 | / |
| Melvah | 83 | 4 | / |
| Melfat | 83 | 1 | / |
| Melfas | 83 | 1 | / |
| Milfa | 73 | 86 | / |
| Melfo | 73 | 38 | / |
| Milfai | 67 | 30 | / |
| Melfou | 67 | 27 | / |
| Melfos | 67 | 19 | / |
| Milfay | 67 | 13 | / |
| Melpha | 67 | 9 | / |
| Milfat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Milvah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melfot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Milfait | 62 | 181 | / |
| Milfajt | 62 | 40 | / |
| Åmelfot | 62 | 35 | / |
| Millfap | 62 | 2 | / |
| Mühlfait | 57 | 49 | / |
| Mühlfajt | 57 | 3 | / |
| Mielphey | 57 | 0 | / |
| Milfo | 55 | 1 | / |
| Mihlfeith | 53 | 28 | / |
| Mühlfeith | 53 | 2 | / |
| Milfey | 50 | 22 | / |
| Mlepho | 50 | 1 | / |
| Milfou | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Melfah
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