Meloka Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Meloka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Meloka (36) may also be a first name.
Meloka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meloka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meloka (Russian: Мелока) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meloka? popularity and diffusion
Meloka is the 2,746,821st most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. Meloka occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 78 percent of Meloka reside; 78 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 78 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly used forename world-wide. It is borne by 36 people.
This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 209,070. In Papua New Guinea Meloka is mostly concentrated in: Western, where 92 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 18 percent reside and Algeria, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meloka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meloka in the Russian language | ||
| Мелока | meloka | - |
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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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- 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 Meloka
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