Melfort Surname

806,178th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 347 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Melfort Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melfort Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2991:222,15034,463
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Melfort (60) may also be a first name.

Melfort Last Name Facts

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

Melfort occurs most in France. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Melfort? popularity and diffusion

The surname Melfort is the 806,178th most numerous family name globally It is held by around 1 in 21,001,573 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Melfort reside; 58 percent reside in Caribbean and 58 percent reside in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 1,270,172nd most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 60 people.

The last name Melfort is most commonly used in France, where it is carried by 299 people, or 1 in 222,150. In France Melfort is most common in: Guadeloupe, where 67 percent live, Île-de-France, where 21 percent live and Brittany, where 5 percent live. Other than France it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Melfort Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Melfort are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

Melfort earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 51% less than the national average, earning $21,141 USD per year.

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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 Melfort
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