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 last name Melinde has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melinde? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,311,814th most frequent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Melinde live; 33 percent live in Central Africa and 33 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 257,086th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 982 people.
The last name Melinde is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon Melinde is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common 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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