Melein Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
Melein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 232 | 1:72,790 | 12,363 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Melein (12) may also be a first name.
Melein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melein Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melein is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melein? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 978,274th most common surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 27,604,341 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Melein live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe. Melein is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held forename in the world, held by 12 people.
The surname Melein is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 232 people, or 1 in 72,790. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: Friesland, where 47 percent reside, North Holland, where 17 percent reside and Groningen, where 8 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 6 percent reside and Australia, 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Melein
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