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
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
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
- 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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