Melchades Surname
Approximately 501 people bear this surname
Melchades Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 500 | 1:105,883 | 10,296 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Melchades (285) may also be a first name.
Melchades Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melchades Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melchades is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melchades? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 615,220th most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 14,546,000 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Melchades reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Melchades is also the 524,196th most frequent forename internationally It is held by 285 people.
The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 500 people, or 1 in 105,883. In Tanzania Melchades is primarily concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 99 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 0 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 0 percent are found. Barring Tanzania it is found in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melcheades | 95 | 3 | / |
| Melchaides | 95 | 0 | / |
| Melchade | 94 | 1 | / |
| Malchades | 89 | 142 | / |
| Melciades | 89 | 17 | / |
| Melchaide | 89 | 2 | / |
| Melcade | 88 | 1 | / |
| Melkhade | 82 | 1 | / |
| Milciades | 78 | 313 | / |
| Melcady | 75 | 0 | / |
| Melziade | 71 | 85 | / |
| Melzadeh | 71 | 10 | / |
| Melsadis | 71 | 2 | / |
| Melgiade | 71 | 1 | / |
| Melsiade | 71 | 1 | / |
| Melcodez | 71 | 1 | / |
| Melsader | 71 | 0 | / |
| Milciadis | 67 | 2 | / |
| Maelzadeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mailkhade | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melsada | 63 | 1 | / |
| Melsodha | 59 | 24 | / |
| Mylzadeh | 59 | 9 | / |
| Melshodha | 56 | 10 | / |
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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 Melchades
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