de Melo Surname

1,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 389,143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Melo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Melo 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
Brazil364,2801:58879
Angola12,4231:2,173376
Mozambique7,4161:3,676846
Portugal1,1421:9,123805
Canada8421:43,7605,413
Argentina5341:80,0446,767
France4401:150,96123,407
Cape Verde3661:1,447105
Spain2971:157,41411,482
India2661:2,883,70487,658
United States2361:1,535,843104,072
South Africa1131:479,44939,619
England1071:520,73032,731
Venezuela931:324,7757,266
Uruguay751:45,7575,151
Paraguay751:96,4902,285
São Tomé and Príncipe621:2,862296
Australia441:613,53943,545
Namibia331:73,0127,607
Switzerland311:264,93321,684
Belgium251:459,86646,150
Suriname191:29,0855,642
New Zealand181:251,57423,165
Scotland161:334,61415,044
Austria161:532,21549,801
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Italy101:6,115,669111,715
Andorra101:8,3841,259
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Panama51:782,45211,059
Colombia51:9,554,81425,159
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Nicaragua41:1,505,2725,843
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Macau11:601,6301,582
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Aruba11:103,4772,586
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The alternate forms: de Mélo (11) are calculated separately.

de Melo (50) may also be a first name.

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de Melo Demographics

Average Male de Melo Height

172.42 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 343 (2014)

Average Female de Melo Height

160.74 cm

Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 27 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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de Melo Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Melo is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: de Mélo. Click here for further possible spellings of de Melo.

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

The last name de Melo is the 1,391st most frequently used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 18,727 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 94 percent of de Melo are found; 94 percent are found in South America and 94 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,412,538th most widespread given name worldwide, held by 50 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is carried by 364,280 people, or 1 in 588. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 19 percent live, Pernambuco, where 14 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 12 percent live. Not including Brazil de Melo occurs in 67 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 3 percent live and Mozambique, where 2 percent live.

de Melo Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Melo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 352.6% more than the national average, earning R 1,075,560 per year; in United States they earn 90.48% more than the national average, earning $82,191 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.64% more than the national average, earning $51,989 CAD per year.

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 Mélo9511/
de Melos93594/
de Melio9350/
de Melho9311/
de Meloo934/
de Mealo933/
de Meelo932/
de Meslo931/
de Mmelo931/
de Meilo931/
de Meglio8871/
de Mieloo881/
de Milo8647/
de Molo8643/
De-Melo8630/
di Melo8629/
da Melo8618/
de Malo8618/
de Mela869/
de Mleo864/
de Mecillo821/
de Melas8022/
de Milio8017/
de Melia8010/
de Mallo805/
de Milos802/
de Malio802/
de Mollo801/
de Meleu801/
de Milot801/
di Meglio755,379/
de Miglio75143/
de Mallio751/
de Mylott751/
de Mola711,069/
di Milo71157/
de Mila718/
di Malo716/
da Molo712/
di Mela711/
da Malo711/
de Molla6767/
de Maala6732/
de Milia6713/
de Malla673/
di Mallo672/
di Milio671/
di Malio671/
de Milha671/
da Malou671/
da Maalo671/
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Melo
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