Nmelu Surname
Approximately 294 people bear this surname
Nmelu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 284 | 1:623,742 | 29,581 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
Nmelu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nmelu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nmelu is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nmelu? popularity and diffusion
Nmelu is the 906,170th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,787,571 people. The last name Nmelu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nmelu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 284 people, or 1 in 623,742. In Nigeria Nmelu is most prevalent in: Abia, where 74 percent are found, Rivers, where 10 percent are found and Lagos, where 6 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Nmelu
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