de Mel Surname

31,868th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,736 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

de Mel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Mel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka15,9341:1,306183
Brazil2011:1,065,04637,395
Australia1891:142,83415,308
England1121:497,48331,781
Ivory Coast1081:213,6238,940
Canada681:541,84745,466
United States351:10,355,970420,657
Qatar121:196,50026,891
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
France31:22,140,907385,998
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

de Mel (17) may also be a first name.

de Mel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Mel Come From? nationality or country of origin

de Mel is more frequently found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Mel? popularity and diffusion

It is the 31,868th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 435,441 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 95 percent of de Mel reside; 95 percent reside in South Asia and 95 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 17 people.

This last name is most frequent in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 15,934 people, or 1 in 1,306. Without taking into account Sri Lanka de Mel occurs in 33 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

de Mel Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Mel earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 124.34% more than the national average, earning $96,800 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.41% more than the national average, earning $59,326 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Moel92489/
de Meel9232/
de Mell926/
de Miel924/
de Melt921/
de Mmel921/
de Mil83474/
De-Mel835/
de Milt7770/
de Mild7745/
de Mill7712/
de Miol773/
de Muil771/
De-Miel771/
de Mildt7135/
di Mil671/

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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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  • 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 de Mel
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