Melisch Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Melisch Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 81 | 1:993,895 | 68,573 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Melisch Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melisch Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melisch is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Melisch click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melisch? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melisch is the 2,020,555th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. Melisch is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Melisch live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 993,895. In Germany Melisch is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 26 percent are found, Berlin, where 25 percent are found and Brandenburg, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Germany this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Melisch
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