Melhorança Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Paraguay

Melhorança Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melhorança Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511

The alternate forms: Melhoranca (89) are calculated separately.

Melhorança Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Melhorança Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Melhorança is found most in Brazil. It may be rendered as a variant: Melhoranca. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melhorança? popularity and diffusion

The last name Melhorança is the 5,587,209th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Melhorança occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Melhorança reside; 100 percent reside in South America and 92 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The last name is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 19,461,303. In Brazil it is most common in: Mato Grosso, where 45 percent reside, Federal District, where 18 percent reside and São Paulo, where 18 percent reside. Other than Brazil this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Paraguay, where 8 percent reside.

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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 Melhorança
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