Melchoir Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Melchoir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melchoir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States801:4,530,737237,840
Papua New Guinea361:226,49231,172
United States Virgin Islands141:7,8841,168
Saint Lucia131:13,7521,221
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States451:1,115,97164,142

Melchoir (128) may also be a first name.

Melchoir Last Name Facts

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

Melchoir is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melchoir? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,422,956th most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. Melchoir is primarily found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Melchoir live; 55 percent live in North America and 54 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 821,896th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 128 people.

The surname Melchoir is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 4,530,737. In The United States Melchoir is primarily found in: Maryland, where 18 percent reside, New York, where 15 percent reside and Michigan, where 14 percent reside. Besides The United States it is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 24 percent reside and The United States Virgin Islands, where 9 percent reside.

Melchoir Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Melchoir has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Melchoir surname expanded 178 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Melchoir Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Melchoir surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the party.

Melchoir earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.66% less than the national average, earning $41,138 USD per year.

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Melchoir Reference & Research

Melcher/Melchoir FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Melchoir
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