Melchier Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Melchier Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melchier Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France11:66,422,722504,397
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Melchier (12) may also be a first name.

Melchier Last Name Facts

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

The last name Melchier is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melchier? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 50 percent of Melchier are found; 25 percent are found in North America and 25 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name globally It is held by 12 people.

Melchier is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 66,422,722. In France it is mostly found in: Normandy, where 100 percent reside. Besides France this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent reside and Poland, where 25 percent reside.

Melchier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Melchier has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Melchier surname declined 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
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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 Melchier
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