Melters Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Melters Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 83 | 1:203,460 | 28,061 |
| Germany | 47 | 1:1,712,882 | 99,068 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Melters Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melters Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melters is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Melters click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melters? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melters is the 1,537,949th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. Melters is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Melters live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Melters is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 203,460. In The Netherlands it is most common in: North Brabant, where 53 percent are found, Groningen, where 13 percent are found and Limburg, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 35 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
Melters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Melters has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Melters surname fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Melters
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