Melanez Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Melanez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 19 | 1:5,328,328 | 173,877 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Melañez (140) are calculated separately.
Melanez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melanez Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melanez has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It may be rendered as: Melañez. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melanez? popularity and diffusion
Melanez is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 68 percent of Melanez are found; 68 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 68 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname Melanez is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 5,328,328. In The Philippines Melanez is most frequent in: Calabarzon, where 37 percent reside, Eastern Visayas, where 26 percent reside and Central Luzon, where 16 percent reside. Besides The Philippines it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 4 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 Melanez
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