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

The last name de Melim occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

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

It is the 1,860,621st most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of de Melim live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 54 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 1,022,221. In South Africa de Melim is primarily found in: North West, where 85 percent reside, Gauteng, where 13 percent reside and Limpopo, where 2 percent reside. Apart from South Africa de Melim exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 30 percent reside and Venezuela, where 6 percent reside.

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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