Melya Surname
Approximately 506 people bear this surname
Melya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 386 | 1:342,614 | 29,733 |
| Russia | 72 | 1:2,001,709 | 124,796 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Belarus | 11 | 1:863,733 | 65,346 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Melya (1,945) may also be a first name.
Melya Demographics
Melya Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Melya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melya (Hindi: मेल्या, Marathi: मेळया, Russian: Меля) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Melya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 610,848th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 14,402,265 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 84 percent of Melya live; 76 percent live in Southeast Asia and 76 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Melya is also the 171,902nd most commonly used forename in the world, borne by 1,945 people.
Melya is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 386 people, or 1 in 342,614. In Indonesia Melya is most numerous in: West Java, where 20 percent live, Jakarta, where 19 percent live and Riau, where 17 percent live. Besides Indonesia it is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 14 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.
Melya Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Melya has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Melya last name decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Melya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Melya last name is primarily Orthodox (57%) in Ukraine.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melya in the Hindi language | ||
| मेल्या | melya | - |
| Melya in the Marathi language | ||
| मेळया | melaya | - |
| Melya in the Russian language | ||
| Меля | mela | - |
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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 Melya
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