Melende Surname

1,035,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 243 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Melende Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melende Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina441:971,44161,182
Cameroon421:494,50240,134
Brazil371:5,785,793142,916
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
United States241:15,102,456529,929
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Colombia141:3,412,43415,450
France121:5,535,227269,324
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Melende (448) may also be a first name.

Melende Last Name Facts

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

Melende is found most frequently in Argentina. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Melende? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,035,555th most widespread family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 29,989,901 people. The surname Melende is predominantly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Melende live; 42 percent live in South America and 21 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 404,611th most widespread given name world-wide, held by 448 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Argentina, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 971,441. In Argentina Melende is primarily found in: Buenos Aires Province, where 95 percent are found, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where 2 percent are found and Mendoza Province, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Argentina this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 17 percent are found and Brazil, where 15 percent are found.

Melende Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Melende last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% registered with the party.

The amount Melende earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 25.21% less than the national average, earning $16,978,500 COP per year and in United States they earn 6% less than the national average, earning $40,562 USD per year.

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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 Melende
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