Melej Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Melej Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 103 | 1:171,034 | 5,644 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Melej Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melej Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melej is found in Chile more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melej? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,691,963rd most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. The surname Melej occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Melej live; 92 percent live in South America and 89 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.
This surname is most prevalent in Chile, where it is borne by 103 people, or 1 in 171,034. In Chile it is primarily found in: Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 83 percent are found, Valparaíso Region, where 10 percent are found and O'Higgins Region, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Chile it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 3 percent are found and Italy, where 3 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
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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 Melej
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