Melchen Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Melchen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Melchen (13) may also be a first name.
Melchen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melchen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melchen is found most frequently in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melchen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most prevalent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Melchen are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Melchen is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 13 people.
The last name Melchen is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 60 percent are found and Wisconsin, where 40 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 13 percent are found and Russia, where 13 percent are found.
Melchen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Melchen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Melchen surname rose 250 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 Melchen
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