El-Melhem Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Syria

El-Melhem Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Melhem 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
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

El-Melhem Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Melhem Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name El-Melhem is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Melhem? popularity and diffusion

The last name El-Melhem is the 8,968,613th most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name El-Melhem occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of El-Melhem live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States El-Melhem is primarily found in: Minnesota, where 100 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 25 percent are found and Syria, where 25 percent are found.

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
El Melhem893,952/
El-Meslem892/
El Meslem78135/
El Melhim781/
El Melheen741/
El Malem718/
El Maalem67683/
El Mallem67269/
El Meslim672/
El Maallem63308/
El Maâllem631/
El Maaliem631/
El Melissen601/
El Mislim562/
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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 El-Melhem
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