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 carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Melingui? popularity and diffusion

It is the 58,971st most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 851,448 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Melingui are found; 100 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 453,251st most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 368 people.

Melingui is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 8,482 people, or 1 in 2,449. In Cameroon Melingui is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 87 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 6 percent are found and South Region, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 1 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.

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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