Melikana Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Melikana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melikana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Melikana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Melikana Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Melikana occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melikana? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Melikana are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 7,739,672. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 57 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 29 percent reside and Gauteng, where 14 percent reside. Not including South Africa it is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 13 percent reside.

Melikana Last Name Statistics demography

Melikana earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 35.17% less than the national average, earning R 154,056 per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Melikana
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