Melgaço Surname
Approximately 2,136 people bear this surname
Melgaço Surname User-submission:
Surname meaning: Blonde; reddish.
Melgaço Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 1,775 | 1:15,205 | 1,826 |
| Brazil | 255 | 1:839,507 | 30,318 |
| Portugal | 85 | 1:122,568 | 5,627 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
The alternate forms: Melgaco (2,933) are calculated separately.
Melgaço Surname Meaning
Melgaço Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melgaço Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melgaço is carried by more people in Angola than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Melgaco. For other possible spellings of Melgaço click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melgaço? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 196,264th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,411,772 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Melgaço reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa.
It is most widely held in Angola, where it is held by 1,775 people, or 1 in 15,205. Besides Angola this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 12 percent reside and Portugal, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melgaco | 95 | 2,933 | / |
| Melgazo | 86 | 867 | / |
| Melgaso | 86 | 130 | / |
| Melgacio | 80 | 37 | / |
| Melgoza | 71 | 14,461 | / |
| Melgosa | 71 | 1,464 | / |
| Melgoso | 71 | 106 | / |
| Milgaso | 71 | 33 | / |
| Milgazo | 71 | 16 | / |
| Melgoca | 71 | 5 | / |
| Melgozo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Melgaca | 71 | 5 | / |
| Melgaza | 71 | 3 | / |
| Milgaco | 71 | 1 | / |
| Melgazza | 67 | 33 | / |
| Mellgoza | 67 | 14 | / |
| Melgozza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melgouza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melgossa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Milgoza | 57 | 5 | / |
| Milgosa | 57 | 2 | / |
| Mlegoza | 57 | 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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Melgaço
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