Melquist Surname
Approximately 507 people bear this surname
Melquist Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 446 | 1:812,688 | 62,481 |
| Canada | 50 | 1:736,912 | 58,785 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
Melquist Demographics
Melquist Political Affiliation
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Melquist Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melquist Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melquist has its highest incidence in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melquist? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melquist is the 609,992nd most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,373,858 people. Melquist is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Melquist live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The surname Melquist is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 446 people, or 1 in 812,688. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Minnesota, where 37 percent live, New York, where 14 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 5 percent live. Aside from The United States it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 10 percent live and Norway, where 2 percent live.
Melquist Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Melquist has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Melquist surname grew 2,230 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Melquist Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Melquist last name are 2.22% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.45% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Melquist earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 17.69% less than the national average, earning 284,857 kr per year; in United States they earn 8.1% less than the national average, earning $39,654 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.11% less than the national average, earning $37,208 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mellquist | 94 | 254 | / |
| Mehlquist | 94 | 4 | / |
| Melquiest | 94 | 1 | / |
| Melquis | 93 | 22 | / |
| Melquiot | 88 | 189 | / |
| Målquist | 88 | 9 | / |
| Melquest | 88 | 0 | / |
| Milquist | 88 | 0 | / |
| Melqui | 86 | 35 | / |
| Mellquest | 82 | 9 | / |
| Mählquist | 82 | 1 | / |
| Millquist | 82 | 1 | / |
| Melques | 80 | 29 | / |
| Melquie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Milquios | 75 | 1 | / |
| Melkis | 71 | 275 | / |
| Melque | 71 | 7 | / |
| Melgui | 71 | 6 | / |
| Melquette | 71 | 6 | / |
| Melcis | 71 | 2 | / |
| Melkit | 71 | 1 | / |
| Melquy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Melkui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Milquet | 67 | 111 | / |
| Milques | 67 | 87 | / |
| Melchis | 67 | 19 | / |
| Melkios | 67 | 8 | / |
| Melkish | 67 | 4 | / |
| Melkise | 67 | 2 | / |
| Melgues | 67 | 2 | / |
| Melkies | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melceis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melkhit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melkite | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Melquist
- 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