Melheim Surname
Approximately 422 people bear this surname
Melheim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 314 | 1:16,377 | 1,994 |
| United States | 105 | 1:3,451,990 | 194,849 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Melheim Demographics
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Melheim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melheim Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melheim is more commonly found in Norway than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melheim? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 698,433rd most frequent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 17,269,066 people. Melheim occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Melheim are found; 75 percent are found in Northern Europe and 74 percent are found in Scandinavia.
This surname is most frequent in Norway, where it is carried by 314 people, or 1 in 16,377. In Norway Melheim is primarily found in: Western Norway, where 54 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 38 percent are found and Central Norway, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Norway Melheim is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Ireland, where 0 percent are found.
Melheim Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Melheim has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Melheim surname increased 2,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Melheim Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Melheim last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Melheim earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 7.37% less than the national average, earning 320,590 kr per year and in United States they earn 26.45% more than the national average, earning $54,564 USD 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
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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 Melheim
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