Meliha Surname
Approximately 3,422 people bear this surname
Meliha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 3,059 | 1:31,888 | 3,759 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Meliha (100,967) may also be a first name.
Meliha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meliha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meliha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻠﻴﺤﻪ, Hindi: मेलिहा) is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meliha? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meliha is the 131,992nd most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,129,616 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Meliha live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 10,095th most prevalent given name globally. It is borne by 100,967 people.
The surname is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 3,059 people, or 1 in 31,888. Beside Ethiopia this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 10 percent are found and Syria, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meliha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meliha in the Hindi language | ||
| मेलिहा | meliha | - |
| Meliha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻠﻴﺤﻪ | mlyhh | 80 |
| ﻣﻠﻴﺤﺔ | mlyht | 20 |
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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 Meliha
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