Melais Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Melais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panama | 50 | 1:78,245 | 3,248 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Mélais (1) are calculated separately.
Melais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melais Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melais is found most in Panama. It may be found in the variant forms: Mélais. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melais? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melais is the 2,414,640th most prevalent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Melais reside; 79 percent reside in Central America and 79 percent reside in Hispano-Central America.
The surname Melais is most widespread in Panama, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 78,245. In Panama Melais is primarily found in: Panamá Province, where 78 percent reside and Panamá Oeste Province, where 22 percent reside. Other than Panama it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 10 percent reside and Algeria, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Melais
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