Mellum Surname

374,643rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 956 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Mellum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mellum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5601:647,24851,938
Norway3541:14,5261,696
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
England61:9,286,343223,652
India51:153,413,076951,030
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:1,731,67989,620

Mellum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mellum is found most in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mellum? popularity and diffusion

It is the 374,643rd most frequently held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 7,622,956 people. The surname Mellum is mostly found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Mellum reside; 61 percent reside in North America and 61 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Mellum is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 560 people, or 1 in 647,248. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Nevada, where 37 percent are found, Minnesota, where 19 percent are found and Wisconsin, where 10 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 37 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Mellum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Mellum has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Mellum last name increased 1,931 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Mellum Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Mellum last name are 8.3% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.07% being registered with the party.

The amount Mellum earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 5.1% less than the national average, earning 328,419 kr per year; in United States they earn 5.83% more than the national average, earning $45,664 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.53% more than the national average, earning $52,431 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melloum9228/
Mllum911/
Mellom83182/
Millum83110/
Mellun8316/
Mlum802/
Melloun7723/
Mellung778/
Melliun777/
Millume773/
Melluin770/
Mælum7361/
Mlume733/
Mloum731/
Meheloum717/
Mellon679,950/
Mæhlum67608/
Millom6726/
Mlumgh671/
Millun671/

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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 Mellum
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