Meluš Surname
Approximately 505 people bear this surname
Meluš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 469 | 1:11,378 | 1,421 |
| Czechia | 36 | 1:295,374 | 37,799 |
The alternate forms: Melus (850), Melús (14) & Melùs (1) are calculated separately.
Meluš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meluš Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meluš occurs in Slovakia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Melus, Melús or Melùs. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meluš? popularity and diffusion
It is the 611,703rd most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 14,430,784 people. The surname Meluš is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Meluš reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in Slovakia, where it is borne by 469 people, or 1 in 11,378. In Slovakia Meluš is most frequent in: Nitra Region, where 65 percent reside, Trenčín Region, where 23 percent reside and Žilina Region, where 5 percent reside. Other than Slovakia Meluš occurs in one country. It is also found in Czechia, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Meluš
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