Melouh Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Melouh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 61 | 1:67,129 | 4,615 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
Melouh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melouh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melouh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻠﻮﺡ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melouh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melouh is the 2,352,516th most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name Melouh occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Melouh reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 67,129. In Mauritania Melouh is primarily concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 57 percent are found, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 36 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Mauritania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found and Algeria, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melouh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melouh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻠﻮﺡ | mlwh | 95.65 |
| ﻣﻠﻮﻩ | mlwh | 4.35 |
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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 Melouh
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