Meliman Surname

648,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 467 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chile
Highest density in:
Chile

Meliman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meliman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chile4161:42,3472,041
Argentina491:872,31556,573
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271

The alternate forms: Melimán (1) are calculated separately.

Meliman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Meliman occurs more in Chile more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Melimán. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Meliman? popularity and diffusion

It is the 648,005th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 15,605,023 people. Meliman occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Meliman are found; 100 percent are found in South America and 100 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.

This last name is most common in Chile, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 42,347. In Chile Meliman is most frequent in: Bío Bío Region, where 38 percent reside, Araucanía Region, where 32 percent reside and Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 25 percent reside. Besides Chile it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 10 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 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 Meliman
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