Melskens Surname
Approximately 207 people bear this surname
Melskens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 120 | 1:47,039 | 4,907 |
| Netherlands | 85 | 1:198,673 | 27,603 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Melskens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melskens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melskens has its highest incidence in Denmark. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melskens? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melskens is the 1,155,901st most widespread surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. The last name Melskens is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Melskens reside; 58 percent reside in Northern Europe and 58 percent reside in Scandinavia.
This last name is most common in Denmark, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 47,039. In Denmark it is most frequent in: Capital Region of Denmark, where 84 percent are found, Central Denmark Region, where 8 percent are found and Region Zealand, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Denmark Melskens occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 41 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meluskans | 82 | 27 | / |
| Meleskins | 82 | 5 | / |
| Mølsknes | 75 | 4 | / |
| Meliuskanas | 74 | 1 | / |
| Molskness | 71 | 137 | / |
| Maliskins | 71 | 11 | / |
| Malaskins | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mileskins | 71 | 3 | / |
| Maluskins | 71 | 2 | / |
| Miluskins | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mullskins | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mol-Huiskens | 70 | 1 | / |
| Mills-Hawkins | 57 | 2 | / |
| Mills-Koonce | 50 | 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 Melskens
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