Melgalve Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Melgalve Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melgalve Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia461:44,5666,776
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Melgalve Last Name Facts

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

The surname Melgalve is held by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Melgalve? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,808,717th most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Melgalve live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in Baltic Europe.

Melgalve is most frequent in Latvia, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 44,566. In Latvia Melgalve is mostly concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 98 percent are found and Vidzeme, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Latvia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and Scotland, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Melgalve
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