Melgar Surname
Approximately 107,143 people bear this surname
Melgar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 19,108 | 1:461 | 111 |
| Bolivia | 18,487 | 1:574 | 118 |
| El Salvador | 13,141 | 1:483 | 94 |
| Guatemala | 11,127 | 1:1,445 | 256 |
| Philippines | 9,105 | 1:11,119 | 1,083 |
| Peru | 8,282 | 1:3,838 | 628 |
| United States | 6,523 | 1:55,566 | 6,634 |
| Mexico | 5,918 | 1:20,974 | 1,587 |
| Spain | 5,596 | 1:8,355 | 996 |
| Argentina | 2,533 | 1:16,875 | 1,467 |
| Panama | 2,401 | 1:1,629 | 267 |
| Ecuador | 1,388 | 1:11,460 | 1,836 |
| Brazil | 971 | 1:220,468 | 8,543 |
| Uruguay | 961 | 1:3,571 | 418 |
| Colombia | 289 | 1:165,308 | 4,542 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Venezuela | 192 | 1:157,313 | 4,763 |
| Canada | 190 | 1:193,924 | 19,047 |
| France | 146 | 1:454,950 | 65,144 |
| Belize | 107 | 1:3,322 | 665 |
| Chile | 63 | 1:279,627 | 8,218 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Germany | 34 | 1:2,367,808 | 122,173 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Australia | 33 | 1:818,052 | 51,601 |
| Nicaragua | 29 | 1:207,624 | 2,574 |
| Costa Rica | 28 | 1:170,717 | 2,334 |
| Sweden | 24 | 1:410,282 | 29,154 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Melgar (1,380) may also be a first name.
Melgar Demographics
Average Melgar Salary in
United States
$40,193 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melgar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melgar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melgar is found in Honduras more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melgar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,284th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 68,017 people. Melgar is predominantly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Melgar reside; 43 percent reside in Central America and 43 percent reside in Hispano-Central America. Melgar is also the 210,793rd most commonly used first name internationally, held by 1,380 people.
Melgar is most common in Honduras, where it is held by 19,108 people, or 1 in 461. In Honduras Melgar is mostly concentrated in: Cortés Department, where 27 percent are found, Lempira Department, where 21 percent are found and Copán Department, where 10 percent are found. Beside Honduras Melgar exists in 64 countries. It also occurs in Bolivia, where 17 percent are found and El Salvador, where 12 percent are found.
Melgar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Melgar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Melgar surname rose 326,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Melgar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Melgar last name are 44.23% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 97.46% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Melgar earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 31.65% less than the national average, earning 236,547 kr per year; in Peru they earn 16.61% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,604 per year; in Colombia they earn 7.14% more than the national average, earning $24,323,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.85% less than the national average, earning $40,193 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.65% less than the national average, earning $38,428 CAD 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 Melgar
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