Melody Surname

105,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,448 people bear this surname

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

Melody Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. The same as Mellodew. All the forms are confined to Lancashire, and Yorkshire, where 'Merydewe' existed in the 14th century; v. Merridew.

'Margaret Mellodey took Bishop's prize for religious knowledge': Manchester Courier, June 7, 1886.

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Melody 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
United States1,4931:242,77223,166
England5051:110,33311,403
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
Ireland2561:18,3941,972
Nigeria2541:697,41232,206
Malawi2351:72,8479,384
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
Philippines1871:541,38161,532
India1471:5,218,132128,839
Kenya921:501,95525,569
Russia831:1,736,422113,466
Australia751:359,94330,133
China571:23,988,0981,316
Solomon Islands571:10,1761,762
Indonesia531:2,495,268147,726
Canada341:1,083,69479,951
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Papua New Guinea271:301,99040,635
Mongolia261:108,6657,123
New Zealand261:174,16618,836
Iraq261:1,346,98715,017
Cameroon251:830,76357,125
France181:3,690,151224,666
Wales171:182,03112,022
Latvia171:120,59117,235
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Belarus91:1,055,67372,859
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Panama71:558,8949,437
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Tunisia51:122,12516,050
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2481:17,8622,173
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England941:259,31218,589
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3211:156,44414,384

The alternate forms: Mélody (2) are calculated separately.

Melody (240,570) may also be a first name.

Melody Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. The same as Mellodew. All the forms are confined to Lancashire, and Yorkshire, where 'Merydewe' existed in the 14th century; v. Merridew.

'Margaret Mellodey took Bishop's prize for religious knowledge': Manchester Courier, June 7, 1886.

(2) Nick, for a singer or minstrel; Middle English melodie, an air, a tune.

Richard Melodie, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1550. Married — William Spencer and Margaret Melledy: St. Peter, Cornhill.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Ó Maoiléidigh The main sept of this name was located in north Clare on the Galway border. There was another in the Westmeath-Offaly area. Mulleady and Malady are variants. MIF 177; Map Clare

— A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght
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Melody Demographics

Average Melody Salary in
United States

$46,987 USD

Per year
Rank:
508,868 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000374088
Rank: 25,199 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
108.89%
Sample size: 679 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Melody Last Name Facts

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

Melody (Arabic: الميلودي, Bengali: মেলোডি, Hindi: मेलोडी, Marathi: मेलोडी) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Mélody. Click here to see other potential spellings of Melody.

How Common Is The Last Name Melody? popularity and diffusion

Melody is the 105,288th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,638,387 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 35 percent of Melody reside; 34 percent reside in North America and 34 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Melody is also the 4,359th most common first name on earth It is held by 240,570 people.

The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 1,493 people, or 1 in 242,772. In The United States Melody is mostly concentrated in: California, where 12 percent live, Illinois, where 12 percent live and New York, where 6 percent live. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 94 countries. It is also found in England, where 11 percent live and Ghana, where 6 percent live.

Melody Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Melody has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Melody surname rose 465 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 537 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 103 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Melody Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States Melody are 9.57% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.34% registered with the party.

The amount Melody earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 6.11% less than the national average, earning R 223,128 per year; in United States they earn 8.89% more than the national average, earning $46,987 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.56% more than the national average, earning $54,434 CAD per year.

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
Mélody942/
Melodiy9215/
Meloody929/
Mehlody925/
Meloddy921/
Melodyh921/
Melodyi921/
Mealody921/
Melodey920/
Mehloody861/
Melodi83925/
Melady83458/
Malody83124/
Meledy8381/
Meloda8373/
Molody8348/
Melode8346/
Milody832/
Meludy830/
Moloody779,960/
Molodoy771,817/
Meilady77221/
Molodyi77195/
Meleedy7764/
Melodie7759/
Meloodi7753/
Molodyh7751/
Maloday7724/
Meladiy7723/
Mehlodi7717/
Melodii7716/
Meloudi7712/
Meladay777/
Melodio775/
Molodiy775/
Melioda774/
Maloudy774/
Molodyy774/
Meloude773/
Malojdy772/
Malodey772/
Meloudj772/
Melodde771/
Moloday771/
Melouda771/
Melodis771/
Melgode771/
Mehludy771/
Melediy771/
Meilode771/
Mallody771/
Meleudy770/
Meliady770/
Meladey770/
Mielady770/
Meleday770/
Mollody770/
Mealady770/
Maloiday71314/
Meiloude7165/
Molodyhh717/
Mehloudi716/
Meloudis715/
Mesloudi711/
Melodich711/
Meyloude711/
Meyluode711/
Meloudje711/
Meliodje711/
Meiloudi711/
Mehloodi711/
Melauday711/
Malloday710/
Malode6713,585/
Malady671,472/
Malodi67300/
Milady67295/
Melada67269/
Meladi67184/
Molodi67175/
Meluda67172/
Melade67161/
Meledi67130/
Molode67129/
Maledy67119/
Miledy67109/
Milodi6763/
Melude6742/
Meledj6741/
Miloda6732/
Meludi6729/
Melede6714/
Mylady675/
Moledy673/
Molady673/
Milode673/
Meelaaday673/
Malloudoy671/
Mesloudis671/
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Melody Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melody in the Hindi language
मेलोडीmelodi-
Melody in the Bengali language
মেলোডিmelodi44.44
মেলডিmeladi22.22
মেলুদিmeludi22.22
মিলোদীmilodi11.11
Melody in the Marathi language
मेलोडीmelodi25
मेलोmelo25
मेलेडीmeledi25
मेलडीmeladi25
Melody in the Arabic language
الميلوديalmylwdy-
ميلودىmylwdy-
ميلوديmylwdy-

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