Melo Paiva Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Melo Paiva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Melo Paiva 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
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
France11:66,422,722504,397

Melo Paiva Last Name Facts

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

The surname Melo Paiva occurs most in Brazil. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melo Paiva? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,665,662nd most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Melo Paiva is mostly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Melo Paiva reside; 97 percent reside in South America and 97 percent reside in Luso-South America.

Melo Paiva is most common in Brazil, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 7,645,512. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Rio de Janeiro, where 21 percent live, Ceará, where 14 percent live and São Paulo, where 14 percent live. Excluding Brazil this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in France, where 3 percent live.

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
Mello Paiva955/
Melo-Paiva901/
Mello Pavao861/
Milla Paiva762/
Mille Paiva761/
Malpava717/
Milapava6720/
Malapava677/
Male Apavao671/

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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
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  • 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 Melo Paiva
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