Meliala Surname

147,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,001 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Meliala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meliala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2,9851:44,3055,039
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Meliala (99) may also be a first name.

Meliala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Meliala is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Meliala? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 147,517th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,428,373 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Meliala live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 951,070th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 99 people.

Meliala is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 2,985 people, or 1 in 44,305. In Indonesia it is most common in: North Sumatra, where 77 percent live, Jakarta, where 8 percent live and West Java, where 6 percent live. Beside Indonesia it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 0 percent live and The Philippines, where 0 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
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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 Meliala
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