Melezan Surname
Approximately 937 people bear this surname
Melezan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 916 | 1:72,514 | 10,143 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
Melezan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melezan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melezan is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melezan? popularity and diffusion
Melezan is the 380,576th most common family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,777,530 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Melezan are found; 97 percent are found in Caribbean and 97 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean.
The surname is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 916 people, or 1 in 72,514. In France Melezan is most numerous in: Martinique, where 99 percent live, Île-de-France, where 1 percent live and Grand Est, where 0 percent live. Besides France this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in New Caledonia, where 2 percent live.
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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 Melezan
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