Melkam Surname

31,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,015 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Melkam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melkam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia16,9031:5,771915
Indonesia721:1,836,794117,778
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
India71:109,580,769786,157
England41:13,929,515290,718
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

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

The surname Melkam (Hindi: मेलकम, Marathi: मॅलकम) has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melkam? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 31,382nd most common family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 428,301 people. Melkam is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Melkam reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 89,376th most commonly occurring forename globally It is held by 5,615 people.

Melkam is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 16,903 people, or 1 in 5,771. Without taking into account Ethiopia this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 0 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.

Melkam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Melkam has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melkame923,059/
Mlkam915/
Melkom8333/
Melcam8312/
Milkam832/
Mellcam778/
Melkoum771/
Melcame771/
Melcom6732/
Melkomova673/
Milkom671/
Melkoumova631/
Melcome625/
Milkeim620/
Melcoume571/
Mellcome570/
Milcom501/

Melkam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melkam in the Hindi language
मेलकमmelakama-
Melkam in the Marathi language
मॅलकमmelakama65.49
मेलकमmelakama22.12
कमkama12.39

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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
  • 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 Melkam
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