Melross Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Melross Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 31 | 1:786,302 | 35,304 |
| Scotland | 27 | 1:138,638 | 6,001 |
Melross (25) may also be a first name.
Melross Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melross Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melross has its highest incidence in Australia. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melross? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most common family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. Melross is predominantly found in Oceania, where 69 percent of Melross reside; 69 percent reside in Australasia and 69 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand. Melross is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 25 people.
It is most frequent in Australia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 2,999,522. In Australia it is primarily concentrated in: Tasmania, where 89 percent are found and New South Wales, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Australia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 8 percent are found and England, where 8 percent are found.
Melross Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Melross has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Melross surname decreased 97 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 96 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mellross | 93 | 96 | / |
| Melros | 92 | 13 | / |
| Melrose | 86 | 5,517 | / |
| Milross | 86 | 15 | / |
| Mellros | 86 | 1 | / |
| Melroes | 86 | 1 | / |
| Melro | 83 | 1,477 | / |
| Millross | 80 | 144 | / |
| Mellrose | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mmelrose | 80 | 0 | / |
| Melroy | 77 | 1,291 | / |
| Melrod | 77 | 60 | / |
| Mellro | 77 | 1 | / |
| Melrós | 77 | 1 | / |
| Melrus | 77 | 0 | / |
| Mlro | 73 | 2 | / |
| Milrose | 71 | 40 | / |
| Mellroy | 71 | 35 | / |
| Melrood | 71 | 12 | / |
| Millros | 71 | 11 | / |
| Meelroy | 71 | 5 | / |
| Maelroy | 71 | 3 | / |
| Melroud | 71 | 2 | / |
| Melroid | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mielroy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Melroch | 71 | 0 | / |
| Moelroy | 71 | 0 | / |
| Melrash | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mellroth | 67 | 56 | / |
| Millrose | 67 | 23 | / |
| Mlrod | 67 | 7 | / |
| Melra | 67 | 6 | / |
| Milro | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mlero | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Melross
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