Melmed Surname

940,398th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 279 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Melmed Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melmed Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2451:1,479,424101,022
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Melmed (18) may also be a first name.

Melmed Last Name Facts

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

The last name Melmed (Russian: Мелмед) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Melmed? popularity and diffusion

Melmed is the 940,398th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. The last name Melmed occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Melmed are found; 91 percent are found in North America and 88 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,608,198th most common first name throughout the world, held by 18 people.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 245 people, or 1 in 1,479,424. In The United States Melmed is most common in: California, where 12 percent are found, New York, where 11 percent are found and District of Columbia, where 10 percent are found. Not including The United States Melmed is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 7 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Melmed Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Melmed surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.

The amount Melmed earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 83.96% more than the national average, earning R 437,148 per year; in United States they earn 37.82% more than the national average, earning $59,466 USD per year and in Canada they earn 145.22% more than the national average, earning $121,834 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meulmed921/
Melme9111/
Melmer83725/
Milmed8317/
Melmet837/
Melmid836/
Melmes835/
Melmey831/
Melmie831/
Mlme807/
Mellmer77171/
Melmeth7757/
Mehlmer7714/
Melmmer771/
Melmi7331/
Milme7315/
Melma7314/
Milmer6768/
Milmet6713/
Mølmer678/
Meslmi678/
Melmai673/
Melmma671/
Meelma671/
Maelmi671/
Mellmi671/
Milmes671/
Millme671/
Mehelmy62183/
Möllmer6264/
Müllmer628/
Millmer624/
Meelmma621/
Milmite620/
Mlmi605/
Mlma602/
Mlema55543/
Milma55525/
Mlemi5595/
Milmi552/
Muilmi503/
Millma502/
Myllma501/
Mlmich501/
Mlemis501/
Milmis501/

Melmed Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melmed in the Russian language
Мелмедmelmed-

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Melmed Reference & Research

Melamed FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Melmed
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