Meliyah Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Meliyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Meliyah (334) may also be a first name.
Meliyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meliyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meliyah is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Meliyah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meliyah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,055,934th most common family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Meliyah is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Meliyah are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 478,963rd most commonly occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 334 people.
This last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 3,306,230. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: West Java, where 75 percent reside, Aceh, where 18 percent reside and Central Java, where 8 percent reside. Not including Indonesia this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Meliyah
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