Meloy Surname
Approximately 2,597 people bear this surname
Meloy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,139 | 1:169,453 | 17,142 |
| England | 264 | 1:211,053 | 18,115 |
| Philippines | 68 | 1:1,488,797 | 104,347 |
| France | 30 | 1:2,214,091 | 176,965 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:8,267 | 1,718 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 98 | 1:248,728 | 18,134 |
| Scotland | 17 | 1:220,189 | 7,953 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 745 | 1:67,408 | 7,311 |
The alternate forms: Méloy (2) are calculated separately.
Meloy (81) may also be a first name.
Meloy Demographics
Meloy Political Affiliation
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Meloy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meloy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meloy (Russian: Мелой) is found most in The United States. It can appear as a variant: Méloy. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meloy? popularity and diffusion
It is the 166,619th most common surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,806,140 people. Meloy is mostly found in The Americas, where 76 percent of Meloy live; 76 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,068,082nd most numerous forename at a global level, held by 81 people.
The last name Meloy is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 2,139 people, or 1 in 169,453. In The United States Meloy is primarily found in: Florida, where 8 percent live, Missouri, where 8 percent live and Ohio, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States it exists in 28 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent live and The Philippines, where 3 percent live.
Meloy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meloy has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 287 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 269 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 35 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Meloy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Presbyterian (63%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Meloy surname are 16.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.23% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Meloy earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 58.57% less than the national average, earning R 98,460 per year; in United States they earn 5.95% more than the national average, earning $45,718 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.81% less than the national average, earning $44,811 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meloy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meloy in the Russian language | ||
| Мелой | meloj | - |
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Meloy Reference & Research
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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 Meloy
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis