Melva Forename
16,400th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 57,556 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Pitcairn Islands
Melva Forename Definition:
M. Celtic, ‘chief.’ The original Melva (or Melvas) was king of the present Somersetshire; he lay ambushed amid green boughs to abduct King Arthur’s wife. (Yonge.)
Melva Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 15,916 | 1:22,778 | 1,756 |
| Colombia | 100% | 7,872 | 1:6,069 | 655 |
| Peru | 100% | 6,485 | 1:4,902 | 746 |
| Ecuador | - | 5,579 | 1:3,177 | 441 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 3,277 | 1:78,719 | 9,239 |
| Mexico | 100% | 3,085 | 1:40,241 | 1,703 |
| Philippines | 99% | 2,957 | 1:35,850 | 2,975 |
| Panama | 100% | 2,153 | 1:1,814 | 365 |
| Honduras | 100% | 1,765 | 1:4,996 | 660 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 838 | 1:19,222 | 1,172 |
| Cuba | - | 749 | 1:15,363 | 951 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 719 | 1:42,005 | 2,657 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 627 | 1:16,908 | 1,326 |
| Jamaica | - | 544 | 1:5,300 | 819 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 540 | 1:11,145 | 1,117 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 488 | 1:21,376 | 1,966 |
| El Salvador | - | 460 | 1:13,786 | 885 |
| Argentina | 100% | 456 | 1:93,801 | 1,822 |
| Australia | - | 447 | 1:30,554 | 1,807 |
| Canada | 100% | 376 | 1:88,121 | 4,694 |
| England | 98% | 234 | 1:237,619 | 6,570 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 215 | 1:16,393 | 1,518 |
| Chile | 100% | 195 | 1:90,293 | 2,415 |
| New Zealand | - | 187 | 1:24,257 | 1,767 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 162 | 1:50,323 | 4,878 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 143 | 1:23,969 | 1,210 |
| Belize | 100% | 137 | 1:2,586 | 585 |
| South Africa | 95% | 95 | 1:574,028 | 26,238 |
| India | 87% | 82 | 1:14,815,585 | 388,502 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 71 | 1:8,182 | 858 |
| Brazil | 100% | 70 | 1:3,060,516 | 56,278 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 58 | 1:2,686 | 550 |
| Spain | 100% | 47 | 1:989,999 | 8,652 |
| Kenya | - | 47 | 1:985,258 | 18,849 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 46 | 1:103,651 | 3,266 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 43 | 1:82,565 | 1,737 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 37 | 1:195,589 | 3,228 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 35 | 1:38,898 | 3,786 |
| Wales | 100% | 24 | 1:128,930 | 2,823 |
| Malaysia | 88% | 19 | 1:1,602,628 | 49,521 |
| Guyana | 100% | 18 | 1:42,403 | 4,175 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 17 | 1:3,216 | 586 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 16 | 1:1,056,380 | 17,844 |
| Barbados | - | 15 | 1:19,319 | 1,454 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 12 | 1:1,285,318 | 41,030 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:2,841 | 595 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 10 | 1:10,975 | 1,397 |
| Scotland | 100% | 9 | 1:594,485 | 7,010 |
| Saint Lucia | 89% | 9 | 1:19,757 | 2,072 |
| Congo | 87% | 9 | 1:556,578 | 9,819 |
| Singapore | - | 8 | 1:785,882 | 13,409 |
| Sweden | 100% | 8 | 1:1,232,238 | 22,791 |
| Turkey | 100% | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| China | - | 7 | 1:195,150,826 | 73,144 |
| Norway | 100% | 6 | 1:855,388 | 12,625 |
| Zambia | - | 6 | 1:2,642,466 | 23,928 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 6 | 1:9,144 | 1,176 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 5 | 1:491,752 | 5,628 |
| Germany | 100% | 5 | 1:19,335,575 | 51,270 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 4 | 1:5,942,420 | 87,370 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 4 | 1:27,895 | 3,010 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 4 | 1:15,325 | 1,588 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4 | 1:1,787,998 | 44,562 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 3 | 1:2,737,832 | 21,065 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Italy | 100% | 3 | 1:20,354,030 | 45,650 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Nigeria | 50% | 2 | 1:88,782,180 | 420,186 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2 | 1:35,032,906 | 298,615 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| France | - | 2 | 1:33,235,170 | 58,100 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Pitcairn Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:52 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
Melva (147) may also be a surname.
Melva Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
M. Celtic, ‘chief.’ The original Melva (or Melvas) was king of the present Somersetshire; he lay ambushed amid green boughs to abduct King Arthur’s wife. (Yonge.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Celtic name, meaning: Chief.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Melva Forename Popularity
Melva Demographics
Average Melva Salary in
United States
$37,047 USD
Per year
Rank:
295,724 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00440102
Rank: 1,703 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
85.11%
Sample size: 9,793 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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