Melance Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burundi
Highest density in:
Burundi

Melance Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melance Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burundi41:2,451,2131,279
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Melance (8,264) may also be a first name.

Melance Last Name Facts

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

The surname Melance is carried by more people in Burundi than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melance? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,063,924th most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Melance reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 69,590th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 8,264 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Burundi, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 2,451,213. Not including Burundi this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent reside and Canada, where 10 percent reside.

Melance Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Melance has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Melance last name declined 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Melance
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