Melcior Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Melcior Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 22 | 1:2,125,093 | 54,547 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Melcior (149) may also be a first name.
Melcior Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melcior Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melcior is held by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melcior? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melcior is the 2,506,728th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Melcior reside; 37 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 37 percent reside in Iberian Europe. Melcior is also the 754,880th most common given name in the world. It is borne by 149 people.
The last name Melcior is most frequent in Spain, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 2,125,093. In Spain it is most numerous in: Catalonia, where 86 percent live and Navarre, where 14 percent live. Beside Spain Melcior exists in 5 countries. It is also found in France, where 27 percent live and Brazil, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melcor | 92 | 6 | / |
| Melchor | 86 | 71,124 | / |
| Melcohr | 86 | 1 | / |
| Melchoir | 80 | 152 | / |
| Melchore | 80 | 16 | / |
| Mellchor | 80 | 10 | / |
| Mielcorz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Melcar | 77 | 26 | / |
| Melzor | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mielczorz | 75 | 7 | / |
| Melchoire | 75 | 7 | / |
| Melchorre | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mielciarz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Melchar | 71 | 26 | / |
| Melcarz | 71 | 23 | / |
| Milchor | 71 | 17 | / |
| Melchoirre | 71 | 5 | / |
| Meltzor | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mielcarz | 67 | 1,443 | / |
| Millchor | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mielczarz | 63 | 70 | / |
| Melzar | 62 | 77 | / |
| Milcar | 62 | 71 | / |
| Milcarz | 57 | 1,019 | / |
| Meltsar | 57 | 8 | / |
| Mlecarz | 57 | 1 | / |
| Milczar | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mlezour | 57 | 1 | / |
| Maelzar | 57 | 1 | / |
| Milchar | 57 | 1 | / |
| Millcar | 57 | 1 | / |
| Meltzar | 57 | 1 | / |
| Milczarz | 53 | 144 | / |
| Miełcarz | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Melcior
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