Melgueira Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Melgueira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| France | 52 | 1:1,277,360 | 130,443 |
| Brazil | 23 | 1:9,307,580 | 200,052 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
Melgueira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melgueira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melgueira occurs in Portugal more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melgueira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,497,948th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. The last name Melgueira is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Melgueira reside; 41 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 41 percent reside in Iberian Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in Portugal, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 182,776. Not including Portugal it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 37 percent reside and Brazil, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melgueiras | 95 | 8 | / |
| Melguera | 94 | 1 | / |
| Melgueiro | 89 | 1,810 | / |
| Melqueira | 89 | 3 | / |
| Melguiras | 89 | 1 | / |
| Melgueiros | 84 | 45 | / |
| Melguero | 82 | 97 | / |
| Melgerai | 82 | 4 | / |
| Mlgueiro | 82 | 1 | / |
| Melqueiro | 78 | 5 | / |
| Melgara | 75 | 3,613 | / |
| Mellingera | 74 | 3 | / |
| Mlengera | 71 | 687 | / |
| Melgaras | 71 | 5 | / |
| Melgerei | 71 | 2 | / |
| Melgerho | 71 | 1 | / |
| Melcquirraj | 70 | 1 | / |
| Melgajero | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mlqueiros | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melgaro | 63 | 12 | / |
| Milgara | 63 | 2 | / |
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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 Melgueira
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