Melngaile Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Melngaile Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 150 | 1:13,667 | 2,029 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Melngaile Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melngaile Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melngaile is found in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melngaile? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,428,594th most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. The last name Melngaile occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Melngaile are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
This surname is most widely held in Latvia, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 13,667. In Latvia it is primarily found in: Riga Planning Region, where 53 percent are found, Vidzeme, where 27 percent are found and Latgale, where 18 percent are found. Outside of Latvia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melgaile | 94 | 31 | / |
| Melngale | 94 | 1 | / |
| Melgale | 88 | 1 | / |
| Melngailis | 84 | 77 | / |
| Melgales | 82 | 1 | / |
| Melgailis | 78 | 35 | / |
| Melnailis | 78 | 1 | / |
| Melnali | 75 | 17 | / |
| Mellengall | 74 | 0 | / |
| Millgale | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mlingili | 71 | 1 | / |
| Millingalle | 70 | 280 | / |
| Millengalle | 70 | 1 | / |
| Millingalie | 70 | 1 | / |
| Millingalli | 60 | 1,361 | / |
| Millingally | 60 | 1 | / |
| Milnally | 59 | 1 | / |
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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 Melngaile
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