Melleh Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Melleh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Melleh (13) may also be a first name.
Melleh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melleh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melleh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻠﺢ) is most common in Cameroon. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melleh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melleh is the 3,017,195th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Melleh reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most common first name internationally It is held by 13 people.
This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 1,093,109. In Cameroon Melleh is most common in: Southwest Region, where 74 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 16 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 5 percent are found. Not including Cameroon it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 38 percent are found and Nigeria, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melleh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melleh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻠﺢ | mlh | - |
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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
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- 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 Melleh
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