Melece Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Melece Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 68 | 1:30,148 | 4,623 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Melece (33) may also be a first name.
Melece Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melece Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melece occurs in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melece? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melece is the 2,273,756th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Melece are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 97 percent are found in Baltic Europe. Melece is also the 1,807,719th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 33 people.
The surname Melece is most commonly held in Latvia, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 30,148. In Latvia Melece is most prevalent in: Riga Planning Region, where 40 percent are found, Vidzeme, where 34 percent are found and Latgale, where 19 percent are found. Barring Latvia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Norway, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Melece
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