Melanes Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Melanes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 96 | 1:2,229,941 | 69,391 |
| Philippines | 77 | 1:1,314,782 | 98,554 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Melañes (41) are calculated separately.
Melanes (15) may also be a first name.
Melanes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melanes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melanes occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Melañes. Click here to see other possible spellings of Melanes.
How Common Is The Last Name Melanes? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,276,805th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. The last name Melanes occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Melanes reside; 54 percent reside in South America and 54 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 15 people.
The last name Melanes is most frequent in Brazil, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 2,229,941. In Brazil Melanes is primarily concentrated in: Rio de Janeiro, where 63 percent live, Espírito Santo, where 23 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 7 percent live. Other than Brazil this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 43 percent live and Israel, where 2 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
- 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 Melanes
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