Melec Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Melec Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 97 | 1:684,770 | 87,242 |
| Croatia | 18 | 1:234,922 | 26,068 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
The alternate forms: Meleć (1) & Mélec (1) are calculated separately.
Melec (138) may also be a first name.
Melec Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melec Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melec occurs most in France. It can also be found as a variant: Meleć or Mélec. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melec? popularity and diffusion
Melec is the 1,544,715th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Melec are found; 72 percent are found in Western Europe and 72 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Melec is also the 787,636th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 138 people.
The surname Melec is most widely held in France, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 684,770. In France Melec is mostly concentrated in: Brittany, where 35 percent reside, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 23 percent reside and Hauts-de-France, where 18 percent reside. Excluding France this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 13 percent reside and Taiwan, where 3 percent reside.
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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
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