Melander Surname
Approximately 5,180 people bear this surname
Melander Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 2,901 | 1:3,394 | 321 |
| United States | 1,424 | 1:254,536 | 24,133 |
| Denmark | 319 | 1:17,695 | 1,739 |
| Finland | 302 | 1:18,201 | 2,595 |
| Norway | 61 | 1:84,300 | 11,704 |
| Canada | 50 | 1:736,912 | 58,785 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Micronesia | 24 | 1:4,427 | 583 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Montserrat | 1 | 1:4,947 | 471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 95 | 1:528,618 | 36,719 |
Melander (24) may also be a first name.
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Melander Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melander Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melander is found most frequently in Sweden. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melander? popularity and diffusion
Melander is the 92,269th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,406,862 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 70 percent of Melander live; 70 percent live in Northern Europe and 69 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 2,187,323rd most prevalent first name globally It is held by 24 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Sweden, where it is carried by 2,901 people, or 1 in 3,394. In Sweden Melander is mostly concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 27 percent are found, Västernorrland County, where 17 percent are found and Västra Götaland County, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Sweden it exists in 30 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Denmark, where 6 percent are found.
Melander Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Melander has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Melander surname grew 1,499 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Melander Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Melander surname are 8.26% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.03% registered with the political party.
The amount Melander earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 47.56% more than the national average, earning 510,668 kr per year; in United States they earn 5.81% more than the national average, earning $45,657 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.31% more than the national average, earning $52,817 CAD per year.
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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 Melander
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