Melica Surname
Approximately 476 people bear this surname
Melica Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 174 | 1:351,475 | 41,610 |
| Argentina | 170 | 1:251,432 | 20,361 |
| France | 91 | 1:729,920 | 91,032 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Mélica (3) & Melică (1) are calculated separately.
Melica (463) may also be a first name.
Melica Demographics
Average Melica Salary in
Italy
€56,833
Per year
Average Salary in
Italy
€30,030
Per year
Melica Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melica Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melica is found most frequently in Italy. It can be rendered as a variant: Mélica or Melică. For other potential spellings of Melica click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melica? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 639,219th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 15,309,970 people. The last name Melica is predominantly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Melica live; 37 percent live in South America and 37 percent live in Italic Europe. Melica is also the 396,209th most numerous given name internationally. It is borne by 463 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Italy, where it is carried by 174 people, or 1 in 351,475. In Italy Melica is mostly concentrated in: Apulia, where 63 percent live, Lazio, where 17 percent live and Piedmont, where 7 percent live. Not including Italy this last name occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 36 percent live and France, where 19 percent live.
Melica Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Melica has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Melica last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Melica Last Name Statistics demography
Melica earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Italy they earn 89.25% more than the national average, earning €56,833 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
- 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 Melica
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