Melgaco Surname

150,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,933 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Melgaco Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melgaco Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil2,9211:73,2882,733
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508

The alternate forms: Melgaço (2,136) are calculated separately.

Melgaco Last Name Facts

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

Melgaco occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Melgaço. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Melgaco? popularity and diffusion

The last name Melgaco is the 150,391st most commonly held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,484,673 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Melgaco live; 100 percent live in South America and 100 percent live in Luso-South America.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 2,921 people, or 1 in 73,288. In Brazil Melgaco is most frequent in: Minas Gerais, where 34 percent live, Bahia, where 22 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 12 percent live. Other than Brazil Melgaco exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and Angola, where 0 percent live.

Melgaco Last Name Statistics demography

Melgaco earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 54.02% more than the national average, earning $66,458 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melgaço952,136/
Melgacio9337/
Melgacos931/
Melgasco931/
Melaco927/
Melgazo86867/
Melgaso86130/
Melasco8621/
Melgaca865/
Melgajo861/
Milgaco861/
Melaca7724/
Melako775/
Milaco771/
Meliausco751/
Melgoza7114,461/
Melgosa711,464/
Melocco71364/
Melacca71202/
Meleaca71125/
Melgoso71106/
Milgaso7133/
Melakou7129/
Melakos7128/
Maylaco7121/
Milgazo7116/
Meleyco7115/
Melgozo715/
Meleacă715/
Melgoca715/
Milasco714/
Melgaza713/
Meliako712/
Milhaco712/
Meladko712/
Melashko6742/
Melgazza6733/
Mellgoza6714/
Migliaco674/
Metlakod673/
Melakhou672/
Melockgo671/
Melgozza671/
Melgouza671/
Metlyako671/

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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 Melgaco
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