Melenze Surname
Approximately 2 people bear this surname
Melenze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Melenze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melenze Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melenze is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melenze? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 11,742,229th most frequent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Melenze is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Melenze live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 54,177,704. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 100 percent reside. Outside of South Africa it is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 50 percent reside.
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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 Melenze
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