Melu Surname
Approximately 2,013 people bear this surname
Melu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 528 | 1:191,739 | 30,502 |
| Indonesia | 400 | 1:330,623 | 28,905 |
| Romania | 345 | 1:58,197 | 7,097 |
| Nigeria | 176 | 1:1,006,493 | 42,496 |
| Zambia | 141 | 1:112,411 | 8,739 |
| Papua New Guinea | 103 | 1:79,162 | 10,424 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| India | 88 | 1:8,716,652 | 177,764 |
| Solomon Islands | 36 | 1:16,112 | 3,051 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Melu (2,212) may also be a first name.
Melu Demographics
Average Melu Salary in
United States
$22,550 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melu (Bengali: মিলু, Hindi: मेलू, Marathi: मेलू, Oriya: େମଲୁ, Russian: Мелу) is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Melu.
How Common Is The Last Name Melu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 205,995th most widespread last name in the world, held by around 1 in 3,620,241 people. Melu is predominantly found in Asia, where 51 percent of Melu reside; 46 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 26 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 159,019th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 2,212 people.
The last name Melu is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 528 people, or 1 in 191,739. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Central Luzon, where 65 percent reside, Ilocos, where 13 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 9 percent reside. Apart from The Philippines this last name exists in 35 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 20 percent reside and Romania, where 17 percent reside.
Melu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Melu earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 47.74% less than the national average, earning $22,550 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melu in the Hindi language | ||
| मेलू | melu | 87.5 |
| मेलु | melu | 8.93 |
| मेल्ू | melu | 1.79 |
| Melu in the Oriya language | ||
| େମଲୁ | emalu | 73.68 |
| େମଳୁ | emalu | 26.32 |
| Melu in the Bengali language | ||
| মিলু | milu | 50 |
| মেলু | melu | 50 |
| Melu in the Marathi language | ||
| मेलू | melu | 48.57 |
| मेलु | melu | 42.86 |
| मेळू | melu | 5.71 |
| मेळु | melu | 2.86 |
| Melu in the Russian language | ||
| Мелу | melu | - |
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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 Melu
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