Melsa Surname
Approximately 421 people bear this surname
Melsa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 89 | 1:1,485,946 | 100,216 |
| Germany | 78 | 1:1,032,121 | 70,345 |
| United States | 74 | 1:4,898,094 | 251,818 |
| Kenya | 52 | 1:888,075 | 32,885 |
| Argentina | 46 | 1:929,205 | 59,251 |
| Italy | 34 | 1:1,798,726 | 86,050 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Melša (125) are calculated separately.
Melsa (1,898) may also be a first name.
Melsa Demographics
Melsa Political Affiliation
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Melsa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melsa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melsa (Georgian: მელსა, Hindi: मेलसा, Russian: Мэлса) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Melša. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melsa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melsa is the 699,651st most frequently used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 17,310,085 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 34 percent of Melsa live; 22 percent live in Southeast Asia and 21 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Melsa is also the 174,466th most frequently occurring given name globally, borne by 1,898 people.
The last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 1,485,946. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: West Sumatra, where 44 percent live, Riau, where 15 percent live and East Nusa Tenggara, where 8 percent live. Besides Indonesia it exists in 24 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 19 percent live and The United States, where 18 percent live.
Melsa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Melsa has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 435 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Melsa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Melsa are 1.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55% registered with the party.
Melsa earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 27.15% more than the national average, earning $54,862 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melsa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melsa in the Georgian language | ||
| მელსა | melsa | - |
| Melsa in the Hindi language | ||
| मेलसा | melasa | - |
| Melsa in the Russian language | ||
| Мэлса | melsa | - |
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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
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- 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 Melsa
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