Melon Surname
Approximately 13,194 people bear this surname
Melon Surname Definition:
Perhaps from the town of Melun, on the Seine, eleven leagues from Paris.
Melon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 4,416 | 1:36,086 | 2,209 |
| Poland | 1,572 | 1:24,179 | 3,697 |
| Spain | 1,405 | 1:33,275 | 3,324 |
| France | 1,341 | 1:49,532 | 6,463 |
| Philippines | 1,113 | 1:90,960 | 15,839 |
| Belgium | 640 | 1:17,964 | 2,745 |
| Peru | 571 | 1:55,664 | 4,549 |
| Argentina | 489 | 1:87,410 | 7,365 |
| United States | 318 | 1:1,139,808 | 81,930 |
| Brazil | 193 | 1:1,109,193 | 38,758 |
| Colombia | 161 | 1:296,733 | 5,739 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Italy | 125 | 1:489,254 | 50,132 |
| Indonesia | 88 | 1:1,502,832 | 101,066 |
| Cameroon | 56 | 1:370,876 | 32,690 |
| Germany | 55 | 1:1,463,736 | 89,144 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| England | 49 | 1:1,137,103 | 53,999 |
| Canada | 43 | 1:856,874 | 66,382 |
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| Mexico | 33 | 1:3,761,400 | 25,486 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Croatia | 23 | 1:183,852 | 22,841 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| China | 20 | 1:68,366,078 | 3,721 |
| Venezuela | 16 | 1:1,887,755 | 23,347 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| Scotland | 14 | 1:382,416 | 16,471 |
| Uruguay | 13 | 1:263,981 | 18,914 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Costa Rica | 7 | 1:682,867 | 5,051 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| Puerto Rico | 6 | 1:591,690 | 3,707 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Bahamas | 4 | 1:97,938 | 1,027 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 80 | 1:304,692 | 20,471 |
| Scotland | 25 | 1:149,729 | 6,268 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 287 | 1:174,978 | 15,686 |
The alternate forms: Mélon (127), Melón (48), Melòn (1) & Meloń (1) are calculated separately.
Melon (7,107) may also be a first name.
Melon Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Perhaps from the town of Melun, on the Seine, eleven leagues from Paris.
Probably from Mélun (Melodunum), a comm, and town of France, on the Seine. St. Mélon (Mellonus), first bishop of Rouen, was buried at Pontoise in a church which has been dedicated to him. But see Million.
Melon Demographics
Average Male Melon Height
175.84 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Melon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melon is more frequently found in Bangladesh than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Mélon, Melón, Melòn or Meloń. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melon? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melon is the 39,781st most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 552,338 people. The surname Melon occurs mostly in Asia, where 44 percent of Melon are found; 34 percent are found in South Asia and 34 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 76,823rd most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 7,107 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 4,416 people, or 1 in 36,086. Outside of Bangladesh this last name is found in 72 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 12 percent live and Spain, where 11 percent live.
Melon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Melon has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Melon last name expanded 111 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 39 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 44 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Melon Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Melon last name is predominantly Catholic (86%) in Ireland.
The amount Melon earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 39.43% less than the national average, earning 209,625 kr per year; in Peru they earn 33.7% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,852 per year; in Colombia they earn 16.47% less than the national average, earning $18,964,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.5% more than the national average, earning $48,112 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.98% less than the national average, earning $44,724 CAD per year.
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Melon Reference & Research
Melton DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Melton 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
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