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

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

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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