Melian Surname
Approximately 19,916 people bear this surname
Melian Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 7,821 | 1:5,465 | 593 |
| Spain | 7,391 | 1:6,326 | 787 |
| Cuba | 1,249 | 1:9,226 | 826 |
| Venezuela | 759 | 1:39,795 | 2,192 |
| Chile | 628 | 1:28,052 | 1,594 |
| United States | 420 | 1:862,997 | 65,593 |
| Uruguay | 392 | 1:8,754 | 984 |
| Dominican Republic | 324 | 1:32,200 | 1,866 |
| Romania | 274 | 1:73,277 | 8,722 |
| Indonesia | 115 | 1:1,149,993 | 82,063 |
| Ukraine | 90 | 1:505,808 | 57,896 |
| Germany | 54 | 1:1,490,842 | 90,195 |
| Brazil | 46 | 1:4,653,790 | 122,015 |
| Iran | 42 | 1:1,828,155 | 67,506 |
| Paraguay | 30 | 1:241,225 | 4,203 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Ecuador | 21 | 1:757,421 | 12,901 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| Mexico | 17 | 1:7,301,541 | 34,591 |
| Algeria | 14 | 1:2,759,396 | 44,963 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Melìan (1) & Mélian (1) are calculated separately.
Melian (1,525) may also be a first name.
Melian Demographics
Melian Political Affiliation
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Melian Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melian Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melian (Arabic: مليان, Russian: Мелиан) occurs more in Argentina more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Melìan or Mélian. Click here for other potential spellings of Melian.
How Common Is The Last Name Melian? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melian is the 26,975th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 365,914 people. The surname Melian is mostly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Melian are found; 49 percent are found in South America and 44 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America. Melian is also the 198,717th most frequently held forename throughout the world, borne by 1,525 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Argentina, where it is carried by 7,821 people, or 1 in 5,465. In Argentina Melian is most frequent in: Buenos Aires Province, where 38 percent are found, Tucumán Province, where 13 percent are found and Santiago del Estero Province, where 10 percent are found. Beside Argentina this last name exists in 58 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 37 percent are found and Cuba, where 6 percent are found.
Melian Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Melian has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Melian last name expanded 10,500 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Melian Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Melian last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Melian surname are 36.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 90% registered with the political party.
The amount Melian earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 21.1% less than the national average, earning 273,073 kr per year; in Peru they earn 901.67% more than the national average, earning S/. 194,173 per year; in South Africa they earn 27.94% less than the national average, earning R 171,252 per year; in Colombia they earn 31.63% less than the national average, earning $15,521,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.05% more than the national average, earning $44,466 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.15% more than the national average, earning $54,227 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melian Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melian in the Russian language | ||
| Мелиан | melian | - |
| Melian in the Arabic language | ||
| مليان | mlyan | - |
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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 Melian
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