Melitha Surname
Approximately 265 people bear this surname
Melitha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 249 | 1:212,617 | 17,846 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Melitha (1,249) may also be a first name.
Melitha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melitha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melitha (Marathi: मेिलथा) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Melitha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melitha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 975,866th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 27,500,173 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Melitha live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Melitha is also the 223,455th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 1,249 people.
The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 249 people, or 1 in 212,617. In Tanzania Melitha is primarily concentrated in: Arusha Region, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 5 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melitha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melitha in the Marathi language | ||
| मेिलथा | meilatha | 50 |
| मेलीथा | melitha | 50 |
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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 Melitha
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