Melbury Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Melbury Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 69 | 1:2,567,286 | 83,988 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Melbury Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melbury Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melbury is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melbury? popularity and diffusion
Melbury is the 2,273,756th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Melbury live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 2,567,286. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 54 percent are found, Lagos, where 29 percent are found and Oyo, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Melbury Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Melbury has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Melbury surname declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Melbury
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