Meliš Surname
Approximately 965 people bear this surname
Meliš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 855 | 1:6,241 | 554 |
| Czechia | 72 | 1:147,687 | 22,967 |
| Serbia | 26 | 1:274,806 | 14,599 |
| Croatia | 12 | 1:352,384 | 32,084 |
The alternate forms: Melis (44,674), Mélis (24) & Melís (2) are calculated separately.
Meliš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meliš Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meliš occurs most in Slovakia. It may be found in the variant forms: Melis, Mélis or Melís. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meliš? popularity and diffusion
Meliš is the 371,870th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,551,861 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Meliš are found; 96 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 96 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
Meliš is most frequently occurring in Slovakia, where it is carried by 855 people, or 1 in 6,241. In Slovakia it is primarily concentrated in: Trenčín Region, where 69 percent reside, Nitra Region, where 9 percent reside and Bratislava Region, where 6 percent reside. Beside Slovakia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 7 percent reside and Serbia, where 3 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 Meliš
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