Melez Surname
Approximately 436 people bear this surname
Melez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 357 | 1:217,987 | 15,635 |
| Brazil | 29 | 1:7,381,874 | 170,034 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13 | 1:272,031 | 12,264 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Melez (96) may also be a first name.
Melez Demographics
Average Melez Salary in
United States
$19,643 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melez Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melez (Russian: Мельез) is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melez? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 681,965th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 16,714,555 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 76 percent of Melez live; 75 percent live in West Asia and 75 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 968,397th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 96 people.
The last name Melez is most widespread in Turkey, where it is held by 357 people, or 1 in 217,987. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Sanliurfa Province, where 19 percent reside, Istanbul Province, where 13 percent reside and Kayseri Province, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Turkey it exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Melez Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Melez earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 25.85% less than the national average, earning $16,833,200 COP per year and in United States they earn 54.48% less than the national average, earning $19,643 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melez Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melez in the Russian language | ||
| Мельез | melez | - |
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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 Melez
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