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 surname Melckior is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melckior? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most prevalent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Melckior occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Melckior live; 88 percent live in South Asia and 88 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 18 people.
The surname is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 109,580,769. In India it is most numerous in: West Bengal, where 57 percent reside. Excluding India this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 13 percent reside.
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
- 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 Melckior
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