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
The surname Melanes is most common in Brazil. It can appear in the variant forms: Melañes. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melanes? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melanes is the 1,276,805th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Melanes are found; 54 percent are found in South America and 54 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 15 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 2,229,941. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Rio de Janeiro, where 63 percent reside, Espírito Santo, where 23 percent reside and Minas Gerais, where 7 percent reside. Besides Brazil this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 43 percent reside and Israel, where 2 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
- 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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