Melinde Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Melinde Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Melinde (982) may also be a first name.
Melinde Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melinde Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melinde occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melinde? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,311,814th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Melinde is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Melinde reside; 33 percent reside in Central Africa and 33 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 257,086th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 982 people.
It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Melinde occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 33 percent are found and Tanzania, where 33 percent are found.
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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 Melinde
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