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 is carried by more people in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Melus, Melús or Melùs. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meluš? popularity and diffusion
Meluš is the 611,703rd most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,430,784 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Meluš reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
The last name is most widespread in Slovakia, where it is carried by 469 people, or 1 in 11,378. In Slovakia Meluš is primarily concentrated in: Nitra Region, where 65 percent reside, Trenčín Region, where 23 percent reside and Žilina Region, where 5 percent reside. Beside Slovakia this surname is found 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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