Melih Surname
Approximately 3,139 people bear this surname
Melih Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 867 | 1:30,479 | 2,883 |
| Algeria | 598 | 1:64,601 | 10,641 |
| Israel | 279 | 1:30,673 | 4,361 |
| Jordan | 270 | 1:32,750 | 3,998 |
| Iraq | 262 | 1:133,670 | 3,639 |
| United Arab Emirates | 208 | 1:44,049 | 4,464 |
| Serbia | 138 | 1:51,775 | 5,000 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| France | 86 | 1:772,357 | 94,336 |
| Mauritania | 66 | 1:62,043 | 4,323 |
| Palestine | 42 | 1:108,306 | 7,200 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| Turkey | 30 | 1:2,594,047 | 79,854 |
| Mexico | 29 | 1:4,280,214 | 27,059 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Tunisia | 15 | 1:40,708 | 5,720 |
| Northern Cyprus | 11 | 1:29,001 | 6,098 |
| Syria | 10 | 1:1,930,102 | 9,170 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Melih (24,590) may also be a first name.
Melih Demographics
Average Melih Salary in
United States
$45,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melih Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melih Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melih (Arabic: لمليح, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻠﻴﺢ) occurs in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melih? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melih is the 141,904th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 2,321,614 people. The last name Melih occurs predominantly in Asia, where 65 percent of Melih reside; 63 percent reside in West Asia and 34 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. Melih is also the 32,424th most common first name worldwide It is held by 24,590 people.
The surname Melih is most frequently used in Yemen, where it is held by 867 people, or 1 in 30,479. In Yemen it is most common in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 57 percent live, Hajjah Governorate, where 22 percent live and Taiz Governorate, where 15 percent live. Apart from Yemen this surname occurs in 41 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 19 percent live and Israel, where 9 percent live.
Melih Last Name Statistics demography
Melih earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melih Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melih in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻠﻴﺢ | mlyh | 95.83 |
| ﺍﻣﻠﻴﺢ | amlyh | 4.17 |
| Melih in the Arabic language | ||
| لمليح | lmlyh | - |
| مليه | mlyh | - |
| مليح | mlyh | - |
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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 Melih
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