Melish Surname
Approximately 1,086 people bear this surname
Melish Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 824 | 1:111,573 | 9,244 |
| United States | 190 | 1:1,907,679 | 123,720 |
| Russia | 39 | 1:3,695,463 | 185,353 |
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 28 | 1:1,793,524 | 92,026 |
Melish (10,033) may also be a first name.
Melish Demographics
Average Melish Salary in
United States
$42,610 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melish Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melish Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melish (Hindi: मेलिश, Marathi: मेलीश, Russian: Мелиш) is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melish? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melish is the 338,735th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 6,710,447 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Melish live; 76 percent live in North Africa and 76 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 61,099th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 10,033 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 824 people, or 1 in 111,573. Aside from Egypt Melish exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent live and Russia, where 4 percent live.
Melish Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Melish has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 679 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Melish Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Melish last name is predominantly Catholic (40%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Melish last name are 7.08% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the political party.
Melish earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.25% less than the national average, earning $42,610 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melish Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melish in the Hindi language | ||
| मेलिश | melisa | - |
| Melish in the Marathi language | ||
| मेलीश | melisa | - |
| Melish in the Russian language | ||
| Мелиш | melis | - |
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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 Melish
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