Melief Surname

734,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 394 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Melief Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melief Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3551:47,5708,128
United States221:16,475,406557,260
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Melief Last Name Facts

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

The last name Melief is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Melief? popularity and diffusion

The surname Melief is the 734,496th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 18,496,309 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Melief live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Melief is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 355 people, or 1 in 47,570. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: South Holland, where 37 percent reside, North Holland, where 19 percent reside and North Brabant, where 11 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent reside and New Zealand, where 2 percent reside.

Melief Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Melief surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.

Melief earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.67% more than the national average, earning $47,323 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melif913/
Melef913/
Meliev831,652/
Metlef83153/
Meslif8345/
Meliew8320/
Melife839/
Melefe838/
Meliff832/
Meelif832/
Meliyev77727/
Meyliev77164/
Mealiff77105/
Mieliev774/
Megliev772/
Meliphe772/
Metliev771/
Metleff771/
Mehliev771/
Melioff771/
Hmeliev771/
Metliff770/
Melev73139/
Malif7367/
Malef7329/
Milef7316/
Melib7314/
Meliw737/
Molef734/
Mylef733/
Molif733/
Meleb732/
Meliv732/
Mealiffe7184/
Meyliyev7141/
Micellef712/
Maliev67829/
Metlev67331/
Mailef67247/
Miliev67182/
Meleva67143/
Maliff67134/
Mohlef6781/
Mileff6762/
Meleev6755/
Meloev6750/
Hmelev6739/
Melaev6735/
Moleff6723/
Maalif6719/
Moliff6719/
Myliev679/
Mallif677/
Moliev674/
Melyev674/
Mislef673/
Melheb673/
Maleef673/
Meliov673/
Malaif673/
Melivs672/
Miliew672/
Mylife672/
Moliew672/
Maylef671/
Mehlib671/
Mahlef671/
Meilew671/
Melaiv671/
Mollef671/
Meleph671/
Messellef671/
Meliwt671/
Melews671/
Mehlhaeff671/
Milaef671/
Mealiv670/
Miliff670/
Mehlev670/
Maylif670/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Melief
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