Melche Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Melche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Salvador | 107 | 1:59,289 | 1,352 |
| Mexico | 82 | 1:1,513,734 | 16,311 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Melche (228) may also be a first name.
Melche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melche Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melche is found in El Salvador more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melche? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melche is the 1,210,518th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. The last name Melche is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Melche are found; 55 percent are found in Central America and 55 percent are found in Hispano-Central America. Melche is also the 594,918th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 228 people.
The surname Melche is most prevalent in El Salvador, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 59,289. In El Salvador Melche is mostly found in: Sonsonate Department, where 89 percent live, Santa Ana Department, where 9 percent live and Ahuachapán Department, where 1 percent live. Apart from El Salvador it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 42 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
Melche Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Melche has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Melche surname contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Melche
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