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
Meloka (Russian: Мелока) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meloka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,746,821st most frequent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 78 percent of Meloka live; 78 percent live in Oceania Islands and 78 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,717,090th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 36 people.
It is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 209,070. In Papua New Guinea Meloka is primarily concentrated in: Western, where 92 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 8 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 18 percent live and Algeria, where 2 percent live.
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
- 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 Meloka
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