Melkias Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Melkias Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Melkias 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
Indonesia151:8,816,613340,855
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
India121:63,922,115578,870
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Oman11:3,687,97114,390

Melkias (4,586) may also be a first name.

Melkias Last Name Facts

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

Melkias is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melkias? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,746,821st most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Melkias live; 58 percent live in Southeast Asia and 58 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 101,405th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 4,586 people.

This last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 8,816,613. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: South Sulawesi, where 33 percent reside, West Kalimantan, where 27 percent reside and East Nusa Tenggara, where 20 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 28 percent reside and India, where 24 percent reside.

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
Mlkias921/
Milkias866,125/
Melkios868/
Melquias803/
Melkyase801/
Melquiads752/
Milkyas7126/
Milkios718/
Mlkyaz621/
Milquios531/

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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 Melkias
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