Melchan Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Melchan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melchan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia141:3,412,43415,450
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Melchan (28) may also be a first name.

Melchan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Melchan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Melchan (Russian: Мельчан) occurs most in Colombia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Melchan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,116,508th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Melchan are found; 87 percent are found in South America and 83 percent are found in Caribbean South America. Melchan is also the 1,994,417th most widespread forename at a global level It is held by 28 people.

The surname Melchan is most frequent in Colombia, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 3,412,434. In Colombia it is primarily found in: Santander Department, where 93 percent are found and Boyacá Department, where 7 percent are found. Other than Colombia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 22 percent are found and Mexico, where 9 percent are found.

Melchan Last Name Statistics demography

Melchan earn somewhat more than the average income. In Colombia they earn 13.2% more than the national average, earning $25,698,400 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melchane93428/
Melcan9282/
Mealchant881/
Molchan865,828/
Malchan86398/
Milchan8633/
Melchon865/
Melczan861/
Mielcan861/
Melshan861/
Melcian861/
Melchanova8240/
Malchain804/
Mollchan801/
Milchain800/
Melcon771,006/
Milcan77169/
Melcón7785/
Meljan7743/
Melsan7742/
Mlcean771/
Melcôn771/
Molchahyn754/
Melchonne752/
Melchoine751/
Melschonk750/
Melzian71119/
Melcion7193/
Melsohn7123/
Molchon7121/
Melzane7112/
Malchon7112/
Milkhan719/
Milchanova718/
Meljain717/
Meljane714/
Milcham713/
Melgian713/
Millcan712/
Melchom711/
Melcuon711/
Melsham711/
Melshanova711/
Malchán711/
Mielcon711/
Melsane711/
Mellsan710/
Milscan710/
Mleshane677/
Melziahn677/
Millcian671/
Mailchon671/
Milczank671/
Mljan671/
Melssant671/
Mellesan671/
Mlčan671/

Melchan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melchan in the Russian language
Мельчанmelcan-

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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
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  • 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 Melchan
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