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 last name Melista is most common in Greece. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melista? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melista is the 1,441,361st most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Melista live; 59 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 59 percent live in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 673,127th most numerous forename world-wide, held by 183 people.
The surname Melista is most commonly used in Greece, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 127,354. In Greece Melista is most common in: Western Greece, where 64 percent are found and Attica, where 36 percent are found. Without taking into account Greece Melista exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 39 percent are found and Cyprus, where 1 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
- 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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