Melvah Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Melvah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Melvah (125) may also be a first name.
Melvah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melvah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melvah is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Melvah.
How Common Is The Last Name Melvah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melvah is the 8,968,613th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Melvah are found; 50 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 25 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 832,731st most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 125 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 46,179,900. In Kenya Melvah is primarily found in: Uasin Gishu County, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melwah | 83 | 123 | / |
| Melfah | 83 | 80 | / |
| Milvah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mlva | 80 | 1 | / |
| Melfa | 73 | 657 | / |
| Melua | 73 | 432 | / |
| Melwa | 73 | 219 | / |
| Melba | 73 | 209 | / |
| Mlvay | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mmlva | 73 | 1 | / |
| Melouhah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mlewah | 67 | 157 | / |
| Mmelwa | 67 | 93 | / |
| Muelua | 67 | 55 | / |
| Muelwa | 67 | 41 | / |
| Milfah | 67 | 25 | / |
| Moelwa | 67 | 23 | / |
| Meluas | 67 | 20 | / |
| Melpha | 67 | 9 | / |
| Meelua | 67 | 6 | / |
| Melway | 67 | 4 | / |
| Meluat | 67 | 3 | / |
| Moelua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Melwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mehlwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meulwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meluaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melfat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melfas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melbea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melbai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Melvah
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis