de Melim Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

de Melim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Melim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa531:1,022,22162,590
Brazil301:7,135,811166,009
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
England41:13,929,515290,718
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

de Melim Last Name Facts

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

de Melim is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of de Melim.

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

The surname de Melim is the 1,860,621st most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 55 percent of de Melim reside; 55 percent reside in Southern Africa and 54 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 1,022,221. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: North West, where 85 percent are found, Gauteng, where 13 percent are found and Limpopo, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 30 percent are found and Venezuela, where 6 percent are found.

de Melim Last Name Statistics demography

de Melim earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 248.55% more than the national average, earning R 828,276 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Melin8811/
de Melem883/
de Molim881/
de Meleme826/
de Meulin821/
de Melina821/
de M'Ailim781/
de Meillion748/
de Meulen711/
de Melenne673/
der Meulen672/
der Meullen631/

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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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  • 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 Melim
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