Melchiades Surname
Approximately 1,415 people bear this surname
Melchiades Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1,405 | 1:152,366 | 5,829 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Melchíades (3) are calculated separately.
Melchiades (1,582) may also be a first name.
Melchiades Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melchiades Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melchiades occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Melchíades. For other potential spellings of Melchiades click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melchiades? popularity and diffusion
It is the 274,522nd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 5,150,209 people. Melchiades is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Melchiades live; 99 percent live in South America and 99 percent live in Luso-South America. Melchiades is also the 194,449th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 1,582 people.
The last name is most common in Brazil, where it is carried by 1,405 people, or 1 in 152,366. In Brazil Melchiades is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 32 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 22 percent reside and Minas Gerais, where 12 percent reside. Not including Brazil Melchiades exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 0 percent reside and Chile, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melchíades | 97 | 3 | / |
| Melchiade | 95 | 205 | / |
| Melcchiades | 95 | 1 | / |
| Melcheades | 90 | 3 | / |
| Malchiades | 90 | 1 | / |
| Melchyades | 90 | 1 | / |
| Melkiades | 84 | 425 | / |
| Melchiode | 84 | 22 | / |
| Melchiadi | 84 | 1 | / |
| Melqiades | 84 | 1 | / |
| Melquiades | 80 | 4,465 | / |
| Melziade | 78 | 85 | / |
| Melsiade | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mellquiades | 76 | 3 | / |
| Melquiaddes | 76 | 1 | / |
| Melchiodi | 74 | 6 | / |
| Melkiadis | 74 | 1 | / |
| Milcíades | 74 | 1 | / |
| Melquiadez | 70 | 512 | / |
| Milquiades | 70 | 39 | / |
| Melquíades | 70 | 29 | / |
| Melquiodes | 70 | 3 | / |
| Melquiaadez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Milziadi | 56 | 3 | / |
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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 Melchiades
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