Melingui Surname

58,971st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,559 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Melingui Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melingui Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon8,4821:2,449271
Congo561:89,0917,544
France141:4,744,480251,814
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Melingui (368) may also be a first name.

Melingui Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Melingui Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Melingui is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Melingui? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 58,971st most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 851,448 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Melingui live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Melingui is also the 453,251st most numerous first name on earth, held by 368 people.

Melingui is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 8,482 people, or 1 in 2,449. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 87 percent live, Littoral Region, where 6 percent live and South Region, where 4 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 1 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melingi93245/
Milingui88205/
Melingue8820/
Mealingi8816/
Melingai8815/
Melingis8814/
Melinggi889/
Melinqui881/
Melinguer8266/
Melingued821/
Melinga80459/
Milingi80141/
Melengi8037/
Melinge806/
Melimgi805/
Melinger75560/
Melengue75339/
Melengiç7539/
Melengit7534/
Melingga754/
Milingis754/
Melingwa752/
Mailingi751/
Milingue751/
Melinghe751/
Mélingue751/
Meilinger711,678/
Mehlinger71637/
Mejlinger7123/
Melenguer7113/
Metlinger712/
Melinques711/
Mailingue711/
Meylinger711/
Milinguer711/
Meelinger710/
Meslinger710/
Milinga6715,376/
Melenge67608/
Milengi67186/
Melenga6792/
Meislinger6770/
Meillinger677/
Mlengue675/
Milinge674/
Majlingier671/

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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 Melingui
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