Melende Surname
Approximately 243 people bear this surname
Melende Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 44 | 1:971,441 | 61,182 |
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| Brazil | 37 | 1:5,785,793 | 142,916 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Colombia | 14 | 1:3,412,434 | 15,450 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Melende (448) may also be a first name.
Melende Demographics
Average Melende Salary in
United States
$40,562 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melende Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melende Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melende is found most in Argentina. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melende? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,035,555th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 29,989,901 people. It 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. Melende is also the 404,611th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 448 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Argentina, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 971,441. In Argentina it is most common in: Buenos Aires Province, where 95 percent reside, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where 2 percent reside and Mendoza Province, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Argentina this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 17 percent reside and Brazil, where 15 percent reside.
Melende Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Melende surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for 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
- 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 Melende
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