Melje Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Melje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Melje (27) may also be a first name.
Melje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melje has its highest incidence in Argentina. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melje? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melje is the 3,957,383rd most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Melje occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Melje live; 92 percent live in South America and 92 percent live in Hispanic Southern America. Melje is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 27 people.
This last name is most widespread in Argentina, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 1,858,409. In Argentina it is most prevalent in: Buenos Aires Province, where 96 percent reside and Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Argentina it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 4 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 Melje
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