Melos Surname
Approximately 1,191 people bear this surname
Melos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 676 | 1:316,678 | 12,202 |
| Philippines | 253 | 1:400,151 | 51,276 |
| United States | 87 | 1:4,166,195 | 223,594 |
| Greece | 37 | 1:299,454 | 43,754 |
| Mexico | 28 | 1:4,433,079 | 27,489 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Uruguay | 14 | 1:245,126 | 18,218 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Colombia | 7 | 1:6,824,867 | 22,056 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Meloš (41) & Meloş (1) are calculated separately.
Melos (242) may also be a first name.
Melos Demographics
Average Melos Salary in
United States
$59,644 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melos Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melos (Russian: Мелос) is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Meloš or Meloş. Click here to see other potential spellings of Melos.
How Common Is The Last Name Melos? popularity and diffusion
It is the 315,094th most widespread family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 6,118,846 people. Melos occurs mostly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Melos live; 59 percent live in South America and 57 percent live in Luso-South America. Melos is also the 574,510th most common given name on earth, held by 242 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is borne by 676 people, or 1 in 316,678. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 61 percent are found, Santa Catarina, where 8 percent are found and Ceará, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Brazil this last name exists in 33 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
Melos Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Melos has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Melos surname expanded 791 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Melos Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Melos last name are 5.61% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.38% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Melos earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 50.91% more than the national average, earning $34,261,200 COP per year and in United States they earn 38.23% more than the national average, earning $59,644 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melos Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melos in the Russian language | ||
| Мелос | melos | - |
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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 Melos
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