Meliya Surname
Approximately 2,581 people bear this surname
Meliya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,254 | 1:43,277 | 4,742 |
| Indonesia | 226 | 1:585,173 | 46,743 |
| Russia | 45 | 1:3,202,735 | 169,516 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Meliya (1,817) may also be a first name.
Meliya Demographics
Meliya Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Meliya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meliya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meliya (Bengali: মেলিয়া, Hindi: मेलिया, Marathi: मेळीया, Russian: Мелия) has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meliya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meliya is the 167,551st most frequently used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 2,823,536 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Meliya live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 179,081st most frequent first name globally It is held by 1,817 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,254 people, or 1 in 43,277. Besides Ethiopia Meliya is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 9 percent reside and Russia, where 2 percent reside.
Meliya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Russia.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meliya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meliya in the Bengali language | ||
| মেলিয়া | meliya | - |
| Meliya in the Hindi language | ||
| मेलिया | meliya | 82.61 |
| मेलीया | meliya | 17.39 |
| Meliya in the Marathi language | ||
| मेळीया | meliya | 55.17 |
| मेिलया | meilaya | 41.38 |
| मेलीया | meliya | 3.45 |
| Meliya in the Russian language | ||
| Мелия | melia | - |
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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
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- 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 Meliya
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