Melma Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Melma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India61:127,844,230863,365
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Melma (885) may also be a first name.

Melma Last Name Facts

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

The surname Melma (Hindi: मेलमा) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Melma.

How Common Is The Last Name Melma? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 43 percent of Melma live; 43 percent live in South Asia and 43 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 273,274th most prevalent given name in the world, borne by 885 people.

This last name is most common in India, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 127,844,230. In India Melma is most common in: Telangana, where 83 percent live. Apart from India Melma exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 36 percent live and The Netherlands, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melmat9111/
Melmai913/
Meelma911/
Meslma911/
Moelma911/
Melmma911/
Melmas911/
Mlma892/
Melmatt839/
Mehlmau831/
Meelmma831/
Moehlma831/
Mlema80543/
Milma80525/
Melmi8031/
Melme8011/
Melmo802/
Melmer73725/
Melmed73279/
Meslmi738/
Melmot737/
Melmet737/
Melmid736/
Melmes735/
Millma732/
Melmos732/
Mellmi731/
Myolma731/
Myllma731/
Melmey731/
Maelmi731/
Melmou731/
Melmie731/
Melmoux67220/
Mehelmy67183/
Mellmer67171/
Mlmo67122/
Mehlmer6714/
Melmood6710/
Mlmi675/
Melmous674/
Melmmer671/
Millmas671/
Millmad671/
Milmath670/
Millmay670/

Melma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melma in the Hindi language
मेलमाmelama-

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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 Melma
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