Melkem Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Melkem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Melkem Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria1141:338,87331,417
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Melkem (20) may also be a first name.

Melkem Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Melkem Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Melkem is borne by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melkem? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,701,480th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Melkem live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Mahgreb. Melkem is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 20 people.

The surname is most numerous in Algeria, where it is held by 114 people, or 1 in 338,873. In Algeria Melkem is most frequent in: Oum el-Bouaghi Province, where 96 percent live, Souk Ahras Province, where 4 percent live and Guelma Province, where 1 percent live. Outside of Algeria Melkem exists in one country. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melkhem9227/
Milkem8320/
Melquem774/
Melkhim772/
Melchem772/
Mylkhem772/
Melkhym771/
Milkeim770/
Melqueme711/
Milchem6250/
Millkim620/
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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 Melkem
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