Meleses Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Meleses Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 17 | 1:7,301,541 | 34,591 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Meleses Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meleses Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meleses occurs most in Mexico. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Meleses.
How Common Is The Last Name Meleses? popularity and diffusion
Meleses is the 4,307,654th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Meleses are found; 90 percent are found in North America and 81 percent are found in Hispano-North America.
The last name Meleses is most commonly held in Mexico, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 7,301,541. In Mexico Meleses is most common in: Sonora, where 71 percent reside, Sinaloa, where 12 percent reside and Jalisco, where 6 percent reside. Besides Mexico Meleses occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent reside and Ecuador, where 5 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 Meleses
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