Melpi Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Melpi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melpi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Melpi (283) may also be a first name.

Melpi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Melpi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Melpi is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Melpi.

How Common Is The Last Name Melpi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,882,373rd most frequently used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 69 percent of Melpi live; 69 percent live in Oceania Islands and 69 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 526,385th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 283 people.

The surname Melpi is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea Melpi is mostly found in: Jiwaka, where 61 percent reside and Western Highlands, where 39 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 23 percent reside and Italy, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melpai9112/
Melphi911/
Melphis837/
Melpa80337/
Melpe8016/
Milpi801/
Melpuish770/
Melphy7327/
Melpha739/
Melper736/
Melpey731/
Mehelpa671/
Mielphey620/
Milpa60395/
Mlepa60157/
Mlepe601/
Mlephe557/
Milpet552/
Milper552/
Milpes551/
Milpaj551/
Milpetz5043/
Milpeer501/
Mlppett501/

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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 Melpi
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