Melihe Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Melihe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Melihe (1,606) may also be a first name.
Melihe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melihe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melihe (Georgian: მელიჰე, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻠﺢ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melihe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Melihe are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 192,815th most commonly used given name globally. It is borne by 1,606 people.
It is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania Melihe is most frequent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melihe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melihe in the Georgian language | ||
| მელიჰე | melihe | - |
| Melihe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﻠﺢ | mylh | 50 |
| ﻣﻠﻴﺢ | mlyh | 50 |
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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 Melihe
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