Meliara Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Meliara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 139 | 1:380,875 | 27,601 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meliara (28) may also be a first name.
Meliara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meliara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meliara occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meliara? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,497,948th most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Meliara live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Meliara is also the 1,994,417th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 28 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 139 people, or 1 in 380,875. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Arusha Region, where 94 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Meliara
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