Meldahl Surname

610,848th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 506 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Meldahl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meldahl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3571:1,015,29174,807
Norway761:67,6629,529
Denmark551:102,6319,658
Sweden161:615,42245,338
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Meldahl Last Name Facts

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

The last name Meldahl has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Meldahl? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 610,848th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 14,402,265 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Meldahl reside; 70 percent reside in North America and 69 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 357 people, or 1 in 1,015,291. In The United States Meldahl is most common in: Minnesota, where 27 percent live, Washington, where 16 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Aside from The United States it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 15 percent live and Denmark, where 11 percent live.

Meldahl Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Meldahl has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meldahl last name grew 4,463 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Meldahl Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Meldahl surname are 20.42% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.19% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Meldahl earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 23.04% more than the national average, earning 425,801 kr per year and in United States they earn 7.68% more than the national average, earning $46,462 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melldahl9331/
Meldal92310/
Mildahl8632/
Mehldal862/
Meldhal861/
Mildal778/
Møldal771/
Meldol770/
Meheldale751/
Mölldal7110/
Måledal717/
Mildale711/
Mildhall674/
Milldhall632/

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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 Meldahl
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