Melouni Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Melouni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 108 | 1:192,306 | 19,984 |
| Iran | 14 | 1:5,484,466 | 128,255 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
Melouni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melouni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melouni (Russian: Мелоуни) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melouni? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,620,164th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Melouni reside; 87 percent reside in Central Africa and 79 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 192,306. In Cameroon Melouni is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 60 percent are found, South Region, where 29 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 11 percent are found and Algeria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melouni Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melouni in the Russian language | ||
| Мелоуни | melouni | - |
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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 Melouni
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