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 be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melinga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 656,126th most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 15,877,006 people. The last name occurs mostly 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 frequently held first name internationally, borne by 36 people.
Melinga is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 368 people, or 1 in 56,438. In Cameroon Melinga is most numerous in: East Region, where 83 percent reside, Centre Region, where 8 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in 9 countries. It is also common 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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