Melleby Surname

885,573rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 304 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Melleby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melleby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2081:24,7233,295
United States821:4,420,231233,612
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Melleby Last Name Facts

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

Melleby is most common in Norway. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Melleby? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 885,573rd most widely held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 23,972,191 people. Melleby occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Melleby live; 72 percent live in Northern Europe and 72 percent live in Scandinavia.

Melleby is most widely held in Norway, where it is held by 208 people, or 1 in 24,723. In Norway it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 94 percent live, Western Norway, where 4 percent live and Central Norway, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Norway it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent live and Sweden, where 4 percent live.

Melleby Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Melleby last name are 35.58% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 82.35% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Melleby earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 12.95% more than the national average, earning 390,883 kr per year and in United States they earn 0.71% more than the national average, earning $43,457 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mölleby8610/
Mellaby862/
Milleby861/
Mellhaby801/
Mejlby77161/
Meilby7786/
Melvey7772/
Mehellebi752/
Mellobi7124/
Millaby7113/
Møgelby7110/
Mellabi716/
Mellobe712/
Mellabe712/
Melleve711/
Mlebe67246/
Melve67125/
Mleba6728/
Millevoy6724/
Melvy6713/
Mlebi674/
Mellieva671/
Mehelebi671/
Milleway670/
Melliber670/
Melliver670/

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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 Melleby
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