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 occurs most in Cameroon. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Melinga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melinga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 656,126th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 15,877,006 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Melinga live; 80 percent live in Central Africa and 65 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Melinga is also the 1,717,090th most prevalent given name world-wide, borne by 36 people.
The surname Melinga is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 368 people, or 1 in 56,438. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: East Region, where 83 percent reside, Centre Region, where 8 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 13 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Melinga
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