Melhaoui Surname
Approximately 3,659 people bear this surname
Melhaoui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 3,578 | 1:9,636 | 1,343 |
| Belgium | 60 | 1:191,611 | 25,371 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Melhaoui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melhaoui Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melhaoui is found most in Morocco. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melhaoui? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melhaoui is the 124,579th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,991,677 people. The last name Melhaoui is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Melhaoui live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Mahgreb.
This last name is most frequent in Morocco, where it is borne by 3,578 people, or 1 in 9,636. Outside of Morocco this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 2 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melaoui | 93 | 797 | / |
| Metlaoui | 88 | 1,362 | / |
| Meslaoui | 88 | 85 | / |
| Mehlaoui | 88 | 8 | / |
| Mejlaoui | 88 | 3 | / |
| Melaouhi | 88 | 2 | / |
| Metllaoui | 82 | 94 | / |
| Meallaoui | 82 | 3 | / |
| Milaoui | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mecellaoui | 78 | 5 | / |
| Metellaoui | 78 | 4 | / |
| Melaouhiaa | 78 | 1 | / |
| Melahoua | 75 | 6 | / |
| Messellaoui | 74 | 5 | / |
| Mettellaoui | 74 | 1 | / |
| Melouahe | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mailaoe | 53 | 1 | / |
| Melatawe | 50 | 7 | / |
| Melataye | 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 Melhaoui
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