Melaus Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Melaus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
Melaus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melaus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melaus (Russian: Мелаус) is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Melaus.
How Common Is The Last Name Melaus? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Melaus occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Melaus live; 75 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 26,835,153. In Germany Melaus is most common in: Brandenburg, where 33 percent reside, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 33 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 33 percent reside. Not including Germany this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Haiti, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melaus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melaus in the Russian language | ||
| Мелаус | melaus | - |
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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 Melaus
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