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 has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melbury? popularity and diffusion
Melbury is the 2,273,756th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name Melbury occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Melbury are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 2,567,286. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 54 percent are found, Lagos, where 29 percent are found and Oyo, where 7 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Melbury Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Melbury has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Melbury last name fell 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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