Melsaeter Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Melsaeter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Melsaeter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melsaeter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melsaeter occurs most in Sweden. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melsaeter? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Melsaeter are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
Melsaeter is most widespread in Sweden, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,969,351. In Sweden Melsaeter is most numerous in: Stockholm County, where 80 percent live and Dalarna County, where 20 percent live. Barring Sweden it occurs in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 17 percent live.
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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 Melsaeter
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