Melontsa Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Melontsa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Melontsa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melontsa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melontsa occurs most in Cameroon. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melontsa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most numerous family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Melontsa live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 989,003. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 71 percent are found, West Region, where 24 percent are found and Centre Region, where 5 percent are found. Barring Cameroon Melontsa occurs in one country. It is also found in Senegal, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Melontsa
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