Melfsen Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Melfsen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 91 | 1:884,675 | 63,174 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
Melfsen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melfsen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melfsen is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melfsen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,907,068th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Melfsen are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most common in Germany, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 884,675. In Germany it is most frequent in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 91 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 1 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Finland, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Melfsen
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