Melinya Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Melinya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Melinya (8) may also be a first name.
Melinya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melinya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melinya is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melinya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,311,814th most commonly used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Melinya reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 8 people.
The last name Melinya is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 19,519,640. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Adjumani District, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Uganda it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Iran, where 33 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meligna | 86 | 21 | / |
| Melinia | 86 | 3 | / |
| Melinha | 86 | 1 | / |
| Melinea | 86 | 1 | / |
| Melenyah | 80 | 22 | / |
| Melineau | 80 | 3 | / |
| Meallinia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Melenia | 71 | 94 | / |
| Melinho | 71 | 76 | / |
| Melegna | 71 | 3 | / |
| Miligna | 71 | 3 | / |
| Melineo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Melinio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Milionia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meleniah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Miliniat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meliniohs | 63 | 1 | / |
| Milenia | 57 | 20 | / |
| Milenja | 57 | 10 | / |
| Melenio | 57 | 2 | / |
| Milinho | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mileñia | 57 | 1 | / |
| Milenea | 57 | 1 | / |
| Meleaño | 57 | 1 | / |
| Melenios | 53 | 16 | / |
| Mileneao | 53 | 7 | / |
| Milingio | 53 | 2 | / |
| Milenjia | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mihlegna | 53 | 1 | / |
| Milenija | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mitlineos | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Melinya
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis