Melvas Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Melvas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 17 | 1:323,335 | 23,349 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
Melvas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melvas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melvas is held by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melvas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melvas is the 4,649,889th most frequent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Melvas is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Melvas live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in Scandinavia.
Melvas is most widely held in Finland, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 323,335. In Finland Melvas is primarily concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 71 percent are found, Tavastia Proper, where 18 percent are found and Southwest Finland, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Finland it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Peru, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melva | 91 | 147 | / |
| Malvas | 83 | 1,664 | / |
| Milvas | 83 | 4 | / |
| Hmelva | 83 | 1 | / |
| Metlva | 83 | 1 | / |
| Malvais | 77 | 494 | / |
| Mylevas | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mohlvas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Milva | 73 | 24 | / |
| Melvo | 73 | 11 | / |
| Mylva | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mahalvas | 71 | 19 | / |
| Melveaux | 71 | 7 | / |
| Malveaus | 71 | 2 | / |
| Melveauz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mgelua | 67 | 117 | / |
| Melvey | 67 | 72 | / |
| Malvos | 67 | 25 | / |
| Malvaz | 67 | 13 | / |
| Milvay | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mealua | 67 | 8 | / |
| Malwas | 67 | 5 | / |
| Maluas | 67 | 4 | / |
| Meylwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Milvai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Milvat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mujlva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melvoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melvoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meulwa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Melvas
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