Melois Surname
Approximately 430 people bear this surname
Melois Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 423 | 1:157,028 | 24,370 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Mélois (4) are calculated separately.
Melois Demographics
Average Melois Salary in
United States
$49,042 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melois Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melois Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melois occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Mélois. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melois? popularity and diffusion
It is the 688,723rd most numerous surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 16,947,781 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Melois live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 77 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
It is most commonly occurring in France, where it is borne by 423 people, or 1 in 157,028. In France Melois is mostly found in: Pays de la Loire, where 41 percent are found, Martinique, where 21 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 16 percent are found. Not including France this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Chile, where 0 percent are found.
Melois Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Melois has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Melois last name contracted 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Melois Last Name Statistics demography
Melois earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.66% more than the national average, earning $49,042 USD per year.
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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 Melois
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