Melby Surname
Approximately 5,628 people bear this surname
Melby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,600 | 1:100,683 | 11,178 |
| Norway | 1,568 | 1:3,280 | 296 |
| Denmark | 166 | 1:34,004 | 3,515 |
| Canada | 156 | 1:236,190 | 22,564 |
| Sweden | 51 | 1:193,074 | 13,358 |
| Mexico | 26 | 1:4,774,085 | 28,474 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 161 | 1:311,917 | 24,534 |
Melby (1,397) may also be a first name.
Melby Demographics
Average Male Melby Height
176.39 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Melby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melby Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melby has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melby? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melby is the 85,693rd most frequently used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,294,873 people. The surname Melby is predominantly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Melby are found; 64 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 209,248th most common first name internationally, held by 1,397 people.
This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 3,600 people, or 1 in 100,683. In The United States Melby is mostly concentrated in: Minnesota, where 21 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 11 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Not including The United States Melby occurs in 29 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 28 percent reside and Denmark, where 3 percent reside.
Melby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Melby has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 2,236 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 14 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Melby Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Melby surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Melby last name are 6.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.25% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Melby earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 9.86% less than the national average, earning 311,966 kr per year; in United States they earn 7.78% more than the national average, earning $46,508 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.3% less than the national average, earning $48,042 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mellby | 91 | 112 | / |
| Meelby | 91 | 98 | / |
| Mielby | 91 | 31 | / |
| Mehlby | 91 | 13 | / |
| Melbey | 91 | 5 | / |
| Melboy | 91 | 3 | / |
| Moelby | 91 | 1 | / |
| Meslby | 91 | 0 | / |
| Maelby | 91 | 0 | / |
| Melbouy | 83 | 1 | / |
| Milby | 80 | 3,141 | / |
| Melba | 80 | 209 | / |
| Mølby | 80 | 133 | / |
| Melbi | 80 | 70 | / |
| Melbe | 80 | 27 | / |
| Mälby | 80 | 14 | / |
| Melber | 73 | 1,520 | / |
| Melbøe | 73 | 106 | / |
| Millby | 73 | 20 | / |
| Melbie | 73 | 19 | / |
| Möllby | 73 | 10 | / |
| Melbis | 73 | 9 | / |
| Mählby | 73 | 4 | / |
| Melway | 73 | 4 | / |
| Melboi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Milbey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mielba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Melbai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Melbea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Melbee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Melbeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mylbyt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Moelbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Moelbi | 73 | 0 | / |
| Mehelba | 67 | 490 | / |
| Mellway | 67 | 42 | / |
| Mehlber | 67 | 13 | / |
| Mehlbeh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mlbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mellber | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melbher | 67 | 1 | / |
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Melby Reference & Research
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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 Melby
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis