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 commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mellwood? popularity and diffusion
Mellwood is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Mellwood occurs predominantly 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 commonly used given name at a global level, held by 14 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa Mellwood is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 100 percent live. Barring South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent live.
Mellwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Mellwood has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mellwood surname 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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