Meliku Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Meliku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 86 | 1:453,945 | 27,029 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
The alternate forms: Meliků (1) are calculated separately.
Meliku (39) may also be a first name.
Meliku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meliku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meliku is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Meliků. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meliku? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,701,480th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Meliku reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 45 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Meliku is also the 1,637,361st most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 39 people.
The surname Meliku is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 453,945. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Moyo District, where 58 percent live, Adjumani District, where 40 percent live and Kampala District, where 1 percent live. Other than Uganda this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 22 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meliků | 94 | 1 | / |
| Moeliku | 92 | 31 | / |
| Metliku | 92 | 10 | / |
| Meligku | 92 | 2 | / |
| Meligkou | 86 | 4 | / |
| Melihkuh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Melikush | 86 | 1 | / |
| Meleku | 83 | 2,271 | / |
| Maliku | 83 | 464 | / |
| Miliku | 83 | 38 | / |
| Moliku | 83 | 7 | / |
| Meluku | 83 | 1 | / |
| Melekou | 77 | 1,309 | / |
| Malliku | 77 | 156 | / |
| Milikau | 77 | 150 | / |
| Malaiku | 77 | 47 | / |
| Mehluku | 77 | 20 | / |
| Miliuku | 77 | 16 | / |
| Malikhu | 77 | 15 | / |
| Malikau | 77 | 11 | / |
| Maleiku | 77 | 9 | / |
| Melekeu | 77 | 7 | / |
| Molliku | 77 | 6 | / |
| Meleaku | 77 | 6 | / |
| Melekau | 77 | 3 | / |
| Molikuy | 77 | 2 | / |
| Melesku | 77 | 2 | / |
| Moeleku | 77 | 1 | / |
| Molaiku | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mgeleku | 77 | 1 | / |
| Milikou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Molikeu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mylikou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Miligkou | 71 | 22 | / |
| Maligkou | 71 | 17 | / |
| Malaikeu | 71 | 7 | / |
| Meulekeu | 71 | 5 | / |
| Maliekou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Maalikuu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Melekush | 71 | 1 | / |
| Myslikus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mailikou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malikkou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meliscus | 71 | 0 | / |
| Maluku | 67 | 3,805 | / |
| Maleku | 67 | 756 | / |
| Moluku | 67 | 294 | / |
| Milicu | 67 | 41 | / |
| Melykó | 67 | 36 | / |
| Miluku | 67 | 26 | / |
| Meuleukeu | 67 | 22 | / |
| Melekusch | 67 | 19 | / |
| Malligkou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Moleku | 67 | 2 | / |
| Malicu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mileku | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Meliku
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