Melkai Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Melkai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Melkai (15) may also be a first name.
Melkai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melkai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melkai is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melkai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,141,416th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Melkai reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Melkai is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used forename in the world It is held by 15 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 692,302. In Cameroon Melkai is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 90 percent reside, Adamawa Region, where 3 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 3 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside and Israel, where 5 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 Melkai
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