Melkia Surname

580,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 541 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Melkia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Melkia 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
Algeria5231:73,86511,828
France161:4,151,420237,746
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080

Melkia (428) may also be a first name.

Melkia Last Name Facts

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

Melkia is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Melkia? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 580,291st most frequently used surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 13,470,510 people. Melkia occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Melkia reside; 97 percent reside in North Africa and 97 percent reside in Mahgreb. Melkia is also the 415,075th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 428 people.

The surname is most widespread in Algeria, where it is borne by 523 people, or 1 in 73,865. In Algeria Melkia is most common in: Tébessa Province, where 85 percent live, Khenchela Province, where 14 percent live and Algiers Province, where 1 percent live. Aside from Algeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 3 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 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
Melkiah9226/
Melkiae921/
Melkio83315/
Mlekia834/
Melkya831/
Mlkias831/
Milkia831/
Melchia771/
Melquias713/
Mlekio6710/
Milkio672/
Melquiads672/
Mlkyaz671/
Melkeo671/
Melchio62325/
Milkios628/
Melceoi621/
Melquiot57189/
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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 Melkia
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