de Melendez Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
El Salvador
Highest density in:
El Salvador

de Melendez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Melendez Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
El Salvador141:453,1352,829
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: de Mèlendez (1) & de Meléndez (1) are calculated separately.

de Melendez Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Melendez occurs more in El Salvador more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: de Mèlendez or de Meléndez. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

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

The surname is the 4,116,508th most widespread family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname de Melendez occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of de Melendez are found; 65 percent are found in Central America and 65 percent are found in Hispano-Central America.

It is most commonly occurring in El Salvador, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 453,135. In El Salvador it is most numerous in: San Salvador Department, where 57 percent live, Usulután Department, where 14 percent live and Cuscatlán Department, where 7 percent live. Excluding El Salvador de Melendez occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent live and Mexico, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Mèlendez971/
de Meléndez971/
Demelendez9518/
D Melendez950/
D'Melendez861/
Dmelendz841/
de Melandes822/
Tome Lentz571/

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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 de Melendez
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