Melima Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Melima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Cameroon | 56 | 1:370,876 | 32,690 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Melima (256) may also be a first name.
Melima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melima (Bengali: মেলিমা, Hindi: मेलिमा) is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melima? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,248,410th most common surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 39,392,140 people. The last name Melima is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Melima are found; 89 percent are found in Central Africa and 89 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Melima is also the 556,659th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 256 people.
The last name Melima is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 677,794. Outside of The DR Congo this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 30 percent are found and Indonesia, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melima in the Bengali language | ||
| মেলিমা | melima | - |
| Melima in the Hindi language | ||
| मेलिमा | melima | - |
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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 Melima
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