Melindes Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Colombia

Melindes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melindes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Melindes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Melindes is most common in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Melindes? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most common surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Melindes is primarily found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Melindes reside; 43 percent reside in North America and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is most numerous in: Minnesota, where 67 percent live and Florida, where 33 percent live. Not including The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 29 percent live and Colombia, where 14 percent live.

Melindes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Melindes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Melindes last name contracted 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Melindes
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