Mellwood Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mellwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mellwood Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Mellwood (14) may also be a first name.

Mellwood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mellwood occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Mellwood click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mellwood? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Mellwood live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mellwood is also the 3,024,661st most widely held given name in the world It is held by 14 people.

This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa Mellwood is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 100 percent reside. Excluding South Africa Mellwood is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent reside.

Mellwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Mellwood has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muellwood941/
Melwood9348/
Millwood884,615/
Milwood80421/
Millwod800/
Meluod711/
Millwad670/
Miluod573/
Meluot571/
Melwatt532/
Milboot530/
Milwaad530/
Milbooth501/
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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 Mellwood
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