Melca Surname
Approximately 417 people bear this surname
Melca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 157 | 1:644,829 | 67,939 |
| Mexico | 126 | 1:985,129 | 13,026 |
| Italy | 102 | 1:599,575 | 55,635 |
| Albania | 6 | 1:485,676 | 18,535 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Melca (2,102) may also be a first name.
Melca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melca is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melca? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 704,927th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 17,476,129 people. The last name Melca is primarily found in Asia, where 38 percent of Melca reside; 38 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 38 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Melca is also the 164,090th most frequently held first name globally, held by 2,102 people.
The last name Melca is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 644,829. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Northern Mindanao, where 15 percent live, Caraga, where 14 percent live and Eastern Visayas, where 11 percent live. Apart from The Philippines it exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 30 percent live and Italy, where 24 percent live.
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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 Melca
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