Melsness Surname
Approximately 255 people bear this surname
Melsness Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 172 | 1:2,107,319 | 133,796 |
| Canada | 79 | 1:466,400 | 40,200 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Melsness Demographics
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Melsness Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melsness Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melsness is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Melsness.
How Common Is The Last Name Melsness? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,001,271st most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 28,578,611 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Melsness reside; 68 percent reside in North America and 68 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The last name Melsness is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 172 people, or 1 in 2,107,319. In The United States it is most common in: Wisconsin, where 15 percent reside, Illinois, where 13 percent reside and Oregon, where 12 percent reside. Outside of The United States Melsness is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 31 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.
Melsness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Melsness has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Melsness surname grew 17,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Melsness Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Melsness surname are 7.88% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.11% registered with the political party.
The amount Melsness earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 15.66% more than the national average, earning $49,906 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.32% more than the national average, earning $57,294 CAD per year.
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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 Melsness
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