Mellissa Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Botswana

Mellissa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mellissa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Fiji11:894,3914,568
France11:66,422,722504,397
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Mellissa (11,958) may also be a first name.

Mellissa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mellissa (Marathi: मेलीसा) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mellissa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,689,253rd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 46 percent of Mellissa are found; 40 percent are found in North America and 38 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Mellissa is also the 54,320th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 11,958 people.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 18,122,947. In The United States Mellissa is primarily concentrated in: California, where 10 percent reside, Missouri, where 10 percent reside and New York, where 10 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 8 percent reside and Botswana, where 8 percent reside.

Mellissa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Mellissa has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 2,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Mellissa Last Name Statistics demography

Mellissa earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.28% less than the national average, earning $25,339 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Mellissa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mellissa in the Marathi language
मेलीसाmelisa-

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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 Mellissa
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