Melgue Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Melgue Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melgue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Melgue (6) may also be a first name.

Melgue Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Melgue Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Melgue (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻠﻜﻪ) has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Melgue click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melgue? popularity and diffusion

The surname Melgue is the 10,311,814th most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Melgue occurs mostly in Africa, where 33 percent of Melgue reside; 33 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Melgue is also the 4,967,096th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 6 people.

The last name Melgue is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 214,074,332. Beside Brazil it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 33 percent are found and Spain, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melque837/
Melgui836/
Melkue831/
Melg8019/
Melques7729/
Mlengue775/
Melquie771/
Melke7310,441/
Melgs734/
Melqu732/
Melhg731/
Mlgwe731/
Mlgua731/
Mielg730/
Melquest710/
Melqui6735/
Milque6720/
Mlg6714/
Milgui679/
Mellquest679/
Moelgg675/
Melgwa673/
Melquy671/
Mellke671/
Melgwi671/
Milcue671/
Mehlke671/
Mleque671/
Milkue671/
Melkui671/

Melgue Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melgue in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﻠﻜﻪmlkh75
ﻣﻠﻚmlk25

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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 Melgue
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