Melinga Surname
Approximately 459 people bear this surname
Melinga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 368 | 1:56,438 | 7,285 |
| Netherlands | 58 | 1:291,158 | 35,264 |
| Solomon Islands | 15 | 1:38,669 | 7,565 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Melinga (36) may also be a first name.
Melinga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melinga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melinga is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melinga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 656,126th most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 15,877,006 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Melinga reside; 80 percent reside in Central Africa and 65 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 36 people.
Melinga is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 368 people, or 1 in 56,438. In Cameroon Melinga is most prevalent in: East Region, where 83 percent live, Centre Region, where 8 percent live and Littoral Region, where 4 percent live. Other than Cameroon this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 13 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 3 percent live.
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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 Melinga
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