Mealiff Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Ireland

Mealiff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mealiff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland441:107,0215,562
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Northern Ireland141:131,7887,342
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland201:221,49310,092
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Mealiff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mealiff is held by more people in Ireland than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mealiff? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mealiff is the 1,795,579th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. Mealiff occurs mostly in Europe, where 57 percent of Mealiff reside; 56 percent reside in Northern Europe and 56 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name Mealiff is most frequent in Ireland, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 107,021. In Ireland it is most numerous in: Ulster, where 91 percent reside and Leinster, where 41 percent reside. Without taking into account Ireland Mealiff is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent reside and Northern Ireland, where 13 percent reside.

Mealiff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Mealiff has changed through the years. In Ireland the number of people bearing the Mealiff last name grew 220 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 467 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Mealiff Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (40%) in Ireland.

In The United States Mealiff are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

Mealiff earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.32% more than the national average, earning $52,348 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mealiffe9384/
Maliff92134/
Meliff922/
Malliff8634/
Maliffe869/
Melioff861/
Mayliff860/
Metliff860/
Mailiff860/
Malif8367/
Melif833/
Mauliffe802/
Melief77394/
Malife77235/
Meslif7745/
Matlif7731/
Maalif7719/
Melife779/
Maslif779/
Mallif777/
Malaif773/
Maulif772/
Meelif772/
Maylif770/
Miliff770/
Mealiv770/
Miliffe7123/
Maleeff7110/
Maailif719/
Meholif715/
Mathlif712/
Majalif712/
Malishf711/
Metleff711/
Mitliff711/
Milioff711/
Mahalif711/
Malib674,920/
Maliv67435/
Malef6729/
Mihaleff6720/
Melib6714/
Meliw677/
Melef673/
Maliw673/
Meliv672/
Meyaliev671/
Malyf671/

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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 Mealiff
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