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 last name Melais is found in Panama more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Mélais. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melais? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,414,640th most numerous family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Melais reside; 79 percent reside in Central America and 79 percent reside in Hispano-Central America.
The last name is most frequently used in Panama, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 78,245. In Panama Melais is most frequent in: Panamá Province, where 78 percent live and Panamá Oeste Province, where 22 percent live. Outside of Panama this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 10 percent live and Algeria, where 3 percent live.
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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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