Meelis Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Meelis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 97 | 1:174,095 | 25,153 |
| Aruba | 23 | 1:4,499 | 638 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Meelis (4,540) may also be a first name.
Meelis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meelis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meelis (Russian: Меелис) is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Meelis.
How Common Is The Last Name Meelis? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meelis is the 1,409,418th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Meelis live; 65 percent live in Western Europe and 65 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 102,035th most common given name worldwide It is held by 4,540 people.
The surname Meelis is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 97 people, or 1 in 174,095. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 62 percent live, North Holland, where 25 percent live and Limburg, where 6 percent live. Besides The Netherlands it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Aruba, where 15 percent live and Estonia, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meelis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meelis in the Russian language | ||
| Меелис | meelis | - |
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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 Meelis
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