Melghen Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Melghen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 31 | 1:284,401 | 2,626 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Melghen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melghen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melghen occurs in Honduras more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melghen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,485,539th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Melghen are found; 97 percent are found in Central America and 97 percent are found in Hispano-Central America.
The last name is most widespread in Honduras, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 284,401. In Honduras Melghen is most prevalent in: La Paz Department, where 94 percent live, Intibucá Department, where 3 percent live and Yoro Department, where 3 percent live. Apart from Honduras it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melgen | 92 | 411 | / |
| Melguen | 86 | 28 | / |
| Melgaen | 86 | 1 | / |
| Melnggen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Melgin | 77 | 149 | / |
| Melgem | 77 | 42 | / |
| Milgen | 77 | 21 | / |
| Melgén | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mölgen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Melgín | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mellingen | 75 | 466 | / |
| Melguin | 71 | 5 | / |
| Millgen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Melgain | 71 | 0 | / |
| Melngin | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mælingen | 67 | 37 | / |
| Millinghein | 67 | 0 | / |
| Meullgin | 67 | 0 | / |
| Millingen | 63 | 181 | / |
| Melgim | 62 | 4 | / |
| Milgem | 62 | 4 | / |
| Milgain | 57 | 27 | / |
| Milngin | 57 | 0 | / |
| Millingn | 53 | 1 | / |
| Millengen | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Melghen
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