Melg Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Melg Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
Melg (12) may also be a first name.
Melg Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melg Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melg occurs more in Taiwan more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Melg.
How Common Is The Last Name Melg? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melg is the 4,532,898th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Melg occurs mostly in Asia, where 58 percent of Melg are found; 58 percent are found in East Asia and 58 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. Melg is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 12 people.
The surname is most widely held in Taiwan, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 2,131,341. In Taiwan Melg is most common in: Miaoli County, where 64 percent live and Tainan City, where 36 percent live. Beside Taiwan this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent live and Brazil, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melgs | 89 | 4 | / |
| Melhg | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mielg | 89 | 0 | / |
| Mlg | 86 | 14 | / |
| Moelgg | 80 | 5 | / |
| Melgue | 80 | 3 | / |
| Melk | 75 | 2,225 | / |
| Melc | 75 | 72 | / |
| Mölg | 75 | 37 | / |
| Melx | 75 | 6 | / |
| Milg | 75 | 5 | / |
| Mmlg | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mlgz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mleg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mylg | 75 | 1 | / |
| Melgova | 73 | 2 | / |
| Melke | 67 | 10,441 | / |
| Melck | 67 | 293 | / |
| Moelk | 67 | 108 | / |
| Mielk | 67 | 45 | / |
| Mölgg | 67 | 39 | / |
| Mellk | 67 | 33 | / |
| Melkk | 67 | 4 | / |
| Melqu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mielc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Milgz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mhlgq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meelk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melcs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Milgs | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Melg
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