Mellwood Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Mellwood Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
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
Mellwood is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mellwood? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Mellwood are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 14 people.
The last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa Mellwood is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 100 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent reside.
Mellwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Mellwood has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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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