Meliz Surname
Approximately 358 people bear this surname
Meliz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 116 | 1:403,035 | 21,972 |
| Philippines | 84 | 1:1,205,217 | 94,524 |
| Cuba | 39 | 1:295,454 | 5,288 |
| France | 34 | 1:1,953,609 | 166,012 |
| Turkey | 34 | 1:2,288,865 | 74,619 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
The alternate forms: Méliz (6) are calculated separately.
Meliz (327) may also be a first name.
Meliz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meliz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meliz (Russian: Мелиз) has its highest incidence in Spain. It can be rendered as: Méliz. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meliz? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 788,513th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 20,356,274 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 43 percent of Meliz reside; 32 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 32 percent reside in Iberian Europe. It is also the 484,932nd most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 327 people.
It is most commonly used in Spain, where it is carried by 116 people, or 1 in 403,035. In Spain Meliz is primarily concentrated in: Catalonia, where 54 percent are found, Aragon, where 45 percent are found and Navarre, where 1 percent are found. Not including Spain this last name occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 23 percent are found and Cuba, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meliz Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meliz in the Russian language | ||
| Мелиз | meliz | - |
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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 Meliz
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