Melesan Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Melesan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 21 | 1:169,589 | 17,028 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
The alternate forms: Mélésan (1) are calculated separately.
Melesan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melesan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melesan is held by more people in Moldova than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Mélésan. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melesan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,882,373rd most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 92 percent of Melesan are found; 81 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 81 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
It is most frequently held in Moldova, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 169,589. In Moldova it is most common in: Telenești District, where 76 percent reside and Dondușeni District, where 24 percent reside. Excluding Moldova it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 12 percent reside and England, where 4 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
- 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 Melesan
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