Meloua Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Meloua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 27 | 1:854,490 | 22,281 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Méloua (1) are calculated separately.
Meloua (129) may also be a first name.
Meloua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meloua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meloua is borne by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Méloua. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meloua? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meloua is the 3,100,440th most frequently used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Meloua live; 40 percent live in West Africa and 23 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 818,356th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 129 people.
This surname is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 854,490. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 41 percent are found, Savanes District, where 22 percent are found and Woroba District, where 22 percent are found. Barring The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 20 percent are found and Canada, where 8 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
- 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 Meloua
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