Melaney Surname
Approximately 218 people bear this surname
Melaney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 117 | 1:3,097,940 | 179,693 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Northern Ireland | 11 | 1:167,731 | 8,683 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 88 | 1:570,667 | 38,849 |
Melaney (1,431) may also be a first name.
Melaney Demographics
Average Melaney Salary in
United States
$39,520 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melaney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melaney Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melaney (Russian: Меланей) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melaney? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,115,011th most frequently held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. Melaney is mostly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Melaney are found; 58 percent are found in North America and 57 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Melaney is also the 206,297th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 1,431 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 3,097,940. In The United States it is most frequent in: Utah, where 30 percent reside, Florida, where 9 percent reside and California, where 9 percent reside. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in England, where 17 percent reside and Canada, where 10 percent reside.
Melaney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Melaney has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Melaney last name grew 133 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 292 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Melaney Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Melaney last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Melaney surname are 37.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 84.62% being registered with the party.
The amount Melaney earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 74.27% less than the national average, earning R 61,140 per year; in United States they earn 8.41% less than the national average, earning $39,520 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.73% less than the national average, earning $45,344 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melaney Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melaney in the Russian language | ||
| Меланей | melanej | - |
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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 Melaney
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