Meliga Surname
Approximately 2,104 people bear this surname
Meliga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,471 | 1:120,423 | 7,950 |
| Italy | 276 | 1:221,582 | 30,961 |
| Cameroon | 224 | 1:92,719 | 11,093 |
| Brazil | 64 | 1:3,344,911 | 95,290 |
| Argentina | 34 | 1:1,257,159 | 73,489 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Méliga (2) are calculated separately.
Meliga (248) may also be a first name.
Meliga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meliga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meliga (Russian: Мелига) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Méliga. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meliga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meliga is the 198,695th most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 3,463,663 people. Meliga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Meliga are found; 70 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Meliga is also the 566,287th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 248 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,471 people, or 1 in 120,423. In Nigeria Meliga is mostly found in: Kogi, where 79 percent are found, Kaduna, where 7 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 13 percent are found and Cameroon, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meliga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meliga in the Russian language | ||
| Мелига | meliga | - |
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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 Meliga
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