Melpu Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Melpu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Melpu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melpu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melpu is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melpu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most common family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Melpu are found; 92 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 92 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea Melpu is most common in: East Sepik, where 100 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It is also common in India, where 8 percent live.
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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 Melpu
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