Meliava Surname
Approximately 222 people bear this surname
Meliava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhazia | 114 | 1:2,130 | 514 |
| Georgia | 81 | 1:46,241 | 6,019 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Meliava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meliava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meliava (Georgian: მელიავა, Russian: Мелиава) has its highest incidence in Abkhazia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meliava? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,101,507th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 32,826,783 people. The surname Meliava occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Meliava live; 88 percent live in West Asia and 51 percent live in Abkhazo-West Asia.
This surname is most numerous in Abkhazia, where it is held by 114 people, or 1 in 2,130. In Abkhazia Meliava is primarily found in: Gudauta District, where 82 percent are found and Sukhumi District, where 18 percent are found. Barring Abkhazia it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Georgia, where 36 percent are found and France, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meliava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meliava in the Georgian language | ||
| მელიავა | meliava | - |
| Meliava in the Russian language | ||
| Мелиава | meliava | - |
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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 Meliava
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