Mellafe Surname

1,239,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chile
Highest density in:
Chile

Mellafe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mellafe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chile1811:97,3293,686
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Mellafe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mellafe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mellafe is held by more people in Chile than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mellafe? popularity and diffusion

Mellafe is the 1,239,697th most frequent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. The surname Mellafe is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Mellafe are found; 97 percent are found in South America and 97 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.

This surname is most frequently used in Chile, where it is borne by 181 people, or 1 in 97,329. In Chile Mellafe is primarily concentrated in: Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 54 percent reside, Valparaíso Region, where 18 percent reside and O'Higgins Region, where 12 percent reside. Barring Chile this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mellaffe939/
Mellaf9219/
Mellife861/
Melliffe800/
Mellab77102/
Mellof7740/
Melhlhaff751/
Mlaf731/
Mellova7162/
Melloff7120/
Melliof711/
Mellouf711/
Mellaab711/
Mlefe6725/
Mlife6724/
Mllav678/
Mehellab671/
Mlofe671/
Mellhova671/
Mellaphy671/
Mellhoff671/
Mllaw671/
Mellottf671/
Millhofe670/

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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 Mellafe
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