Meletis Surname
Approximately 1,037 people bear this surname
Meletis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 809 | 1:13,696 | 1,851 |
| United States | 119 | 1:3,045,873 | 177,373 |
| Australia | 41 | 1:658,432 | 45,385 |
| Cyprus | 20 | 1:44,244 | 4,510 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Meletis (155) may also be a first name.
Meletis Demographics
Average Meletis Salary in
United States
$43,627 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Meletis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meletis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meletis (Georgian: მელეტის) is held by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Meletis click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meletis? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 351,607th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 7,027,527 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Meletis are found; 80 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 80 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. Meletis is also the 738,219th most frequently held forename at a global level, borne by 155 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Greece, where it is carried by 809 people, or 1 in 13,696. In Greece Meletis is mostly concentrated in: Attica, where 53 percent live, Peloponnese, where 13 percent live and Thessaly, where 10 percent live. Excluding Greece Meletis occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.
Meletis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meletis has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meletis surname grew 1,488 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Meletis Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Meletis surname are 18.99% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 72.22% being registered with the political party.
Meletis earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.11% more than the national average, earning $43,627 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meletis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meletis in the Georgian language | ||
| მელეტის | meletis | - |
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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 Meletis
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