Melckior Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Melckior Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Melckior (18) may also be a first name.
Melckior Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melckior Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melckior is found most in India. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melckior? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melckior is the 6,723,624th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Melckior is predominantly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Melckior are found; 88 percent are found in South Asia and 88 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Melckior is also the 2,608,198th most widely held forename on earth, borne by 18 people.
The last name is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 109,580,769. In India Melckior is mostly found in: West Bengal, where 57 percent live. Outside of India this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melkior | 93 | 567 | / |
| Melchior | 88 | 21,673 | / |
| Melkhior | 88 | 48 | / |
| Melkiore | 88 | 3 | / |
| Melkir | 86 | 1 | / |
| Melchiorr | 82 | 1 | / |
| Melchir | 80 | 4 | / |
| Melcker | 80 | 3 | / |
| Milkior | 80 | 3 | / |
| Melkhir | 80 | 2 | / |
| Melcjor | 80 | 1 | / |
| Melkier | 80 | 1 | / |
| Melquior | 75 | 38 | / |
| Milchior | 75 | 28 | / |
| Melkhiar | 75 | 13 | / |
| Melchiar | 75 | 5 | / |
| Melkhier | 75 | 4 | / |
| Melkheir | 75 | 2 | / |
| Melcheor | 75 | 2 | / |
| Moelkhir | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mälchior | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mölchior | 75 | 1 | / |
| Melkhire | 75 | 1 | / |
| Melcer | 71 | 1,519 | / |
| Melker | 71 | 555 | / |
| Melquiore | 71 | 2 | / |
| M'Elkhair | 71 | 1 | / |
| Melcher | 67 | 16,671 | / |
| Moelker | 67 | 602 | / |
| Melkher | 67 | 334 | / |
| Meelker | 67 | 311 | / |
| Muelker | 67 | 68 | / |
| Mielker | 67 | 18 | / |
| Melkere | 67 | 15 | / |
| Melkjær | 67 | 9 | / |
| Milkier | 67 | 3 | / |
| Melquir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Milcker | 67 | 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
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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 Melckior
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