Melista Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Melista Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 87 | 1:127,354 | 21,286 |
| Indonesia | 58 | 1:2,280,159 | 138,233 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Melista (183) may also be a first name.
Melista Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melista Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melista occurs most in Greece. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melista? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,441,361st most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Melista are found; 59 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 59 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. Melista is also the 673,127th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 183 people.
The surname Melista is most widely held in Greece, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 127,354. In Greece it is most common in: Western Greece, where 64 percent reside and Attica, where 36 percent reside. Without taking into account Greece it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 39 percent reside and Cyprus, where 1 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Melista
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