Melfa Surname

500,792nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 657 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Melfa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melfa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy3771:162,21924,872
United States1881:1,927,973124,806
Brazil411:5,221,325132,593
Argentina241:1,780,97692,783
Indonesia151:8,816,613340,855
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Melfa (1,345) may also be a first name.

Melfa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Melfa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Melfa occurs most in Italy. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melfa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Melfa is the 500,792nd most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 11,092,155 people. The surname Melfa occurs predominantly in Europe, where 58 percent of Melfa are found; 58 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 57 percent are found in Italic Europe. It is also the 214,074th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 1,345 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Italy, where it is carried by 377 people, or 1 in 162,219. In Italy it is most prevalent in: Sicily, where 67 percent are found, Piedmont, where 19 percent are found and Lazio, where 10 percent are found. Not including Italy this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Brazil, where 6 percent are found.

Melfa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Melfa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Melfa last name expanded 18,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Melfa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Melfa last name are 10.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 63.64% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Melfa earn in different countries varies marginally. In Italy they earn 4.12% more than the national average, earning €31,268 per year and in United States they earn 7.6% more than the national average, earning $46,430 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melfah9180/
Melfat911/
Melfas911/
Melfi804,477/
Melfe80166/
Milfa8086/
Melfo8038/
Melfy8025/
Milfai7330/
Melfou7327/
Milfah7325/
Melfos7319/
Melfie7314/
Milfay7313/
Melffi7313/
Melfee7311/
Melpha739/
Melffy738/
Melfis735/
Melvah734/
Milfat732/
Melfer732/
Melfot731/
Moelfe731/
Melfih731/
Mielfi731/
Meulfi731/
Melhfi731/
Melfii731/
Milfait67181/
Milfajt6740/
Åmelfot6735/
Millfap672/
Mehlfed671/

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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
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  • 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 Melfa
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