Melciades Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Melciades Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Melciades (811) may also be a first name.
Melciades Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melciades Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melciades is found most in Brazil. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melciades? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,772,636th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Melciades are found; 88 percent are found in South America and 59 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 287,044th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 811 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 21,407,433. In Brazil Melciades is primarily concentrated in: Rio de Janeiro, where 70 percent live, Ceará, where 20 percent live and Mato Grosso, where 10 percent live. Other than Brazil Melciades is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Peru, where 24 percent live and Colombia, where 6 percent live.
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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 Melciades
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