Melka Surname
Approximately 13,872 people bear this surname
Melka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 11,108 | 1:8,782 | 1,349 |
| Poland | 947 | 1:40,136 | 6,292 |
| United States | 656 | 1:552,529 | 45,649 |
| Czechia | 396 | 1:26,852 | 4,277 |
| France | 262 | 1:253,522 | 39,145 |
| Latvia | 76 | 1:26,974 | 4,129 |
| Germany | 64 | 1:1,257,898 | 80,532 |
| Indonesia | 52 | 1:2,543,254 | 149,807 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Albania | 33 | 1:88,305 | 9,061 |
| Austria | 30 | 1:283,848 | 32,444 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 35 | 1:1,434,820 | 77,606 |
The alternate forms: Mělka (2) are calculated separately.
Melka (77,540) may also be a first name.
Melka Demographics
Average Melka Salary in
United States
$50,880 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melka (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻠﻜﻪ, Hindi: मेलका, Oriya: େମଲକା, Russian: Мелка) is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Mělka. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 37,955th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 525,342 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Melka reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 12,708th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 77,540 people.
The last name is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 11,108 people, or 1 in 8,782. Apart from Ethiopia Melka is found in 55 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.
Melka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Melka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Melka last name expanded 1,874 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Melka Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Melka are 10.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.23% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Melka earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 17.92% more than the national average, earning $50,880 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.76% more than the national average, earning $56,518 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melka in the Oriya language | ||
| େମଲକା | emalaka | - |
| Melka in the Hindi language | ||
| मेलका | melaka | 76.92 |
| मेल्का | melka | 23.08 |
| Melka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻠﻜﻪ | mlkh | 66.67 |
| ﻣﻠﻜﺎ | mlka | 33.33 |
| Melka in the Russian language | ||
| Мелка | melka | - |
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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 Melka
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