Melkam Surname
Approximately 17,015 people bear this surname
Melkam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 16,903 | 1:5,771 | 915 |
| Indonesia | 72 | 1:1,836,794 | 117,778 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Melkam (5,615) may also be a first name.
Melkam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melkam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melkam (Hindi: मेलकम, Marathi: मॅलकम) is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melkam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melkam is the 31,382nd most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 428,301 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Melkam are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Melkam is also the 89,376th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 5,615 people.
Melkam is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 16,903 people, or 1 in 5,771. Excluding Ethiopia this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 0 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
Melkam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Melkam has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Melkam last name expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melkam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melkam in the Hindi language | ||
| मेलकम | melakama | - |
| Melkam in the Marathi language | ||
| मॅलकम | melakama | 65.49 |
| मेलकम | melakama | 22.12 |
| कम | kama | 12.39 |
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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 Melkam
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