Melfe Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Portugal

Melfe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melfe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States851:4,264,223227,504
Portugal751:138,9106,177
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
France21:33,211,361423,184
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Melfe (422) may also be a first name.

Melfe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Melfe occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melfe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Melfe is the 1,343,156th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Melfe reside; 51 percent reside in North America and 51 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Melfe is also the 418,267th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 422 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 4,264,223. In The United States Melfe is most prevalent in: Ohio, where 41 percent are found, New York, where 27 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 13 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 45 percent are found and Argentina, where 1 percent are found.

Melfe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Melfe last name are 26.91% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 73.68% registered to vote for the party.

Melfe earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.45% more than the national average, earning $44,206 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melfie9114/
Melfee9111/
Melfer912/
Moelfe911/
Melf89125/
Mehlfed831/
Melfi804,477/
Melfa80657/
Mlefe8025/
Melfy8025/
Mielf801/
Melfs800/
Milfe800/
Mehlferr772/
Mlf7514/
Milfer7328/
Meelfs7327/
Milfey7322/
Melffi7313/
Melffy738/
Melfis735/
Mellfs731/
Melfih731/
Mielfi731/
Meulfi731/
Melhfi731/
Melfii731/
Milfee731/
Milfeit6738/
Melb674/
Milf674/
Mlfp671/
Mlff671/
Mlef671/

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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 Melfe
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