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 last name Melchan (Russian: Мельчан) has its highest incidence in Colombia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Melchan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,116,508th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. It is mostly found 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. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 28 people.

The last name is most widespread in Colombia, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 3,412,434. In Colombia it is most frequent in: Santander Department, where 93 percent live and Boyacá Department, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Colombia this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 22 percent live and Mexico, where 9 percent live.

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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