Melves Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Melves Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Melves (46) may also be a first name.
Melves Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melves Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melves occurs in Angola more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Melves click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melves? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melves is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Melves are found; 20 percent are found in Central Africa and 20 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 46 people.
The surname is most common in Angola, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 26,989,214. Apart from Angola this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 20 percent live and Cameroon, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meilves | 92 | 10 | / |
| Melvies | 92 | 1 | / |
| Melve | 91 | 125 | / |
| Melvis | 83 | 264 | / |
| Malves | 83 | 208 | / |
| Melver | 83 | 142 | / |
| Melvey | 83 | 72 | / |
| Melvie | 83 | 69 | / |
| Melvej | 83 | 65 | / |
| Mielve | 83 | 1 | / |
| Melvee | 83 | 0 | / |
| Meilwes | 77 | 139 | / |
| Malveis | 77 | 61 | / |
| Melviez | 77 | 20 | / |
| Malvess | 77 | 16 | / |
| Melvice | 77 | 12 | / |
| Malveus | 77 | 7 | / |
| Melvise | 77 | 4 | / |
| Molvies | 77 | 4 | / |
| Melleve | 77 | 1 | / |
| Milvesh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mealvis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Melvett | 77 | 1 | / |
| Malvies | 77 | 0 | / |
| Melva | 73 | 147 | / |
| Melvi | 73 | 92 | / |
| Mleve | 73 | 65 | / |
| Melvy | 73 | 13 | / |
| Milve | 73 | 9 | / |
| Metelues | 71 | 3 | / |
| Melhvish | 71 | 1 | / |
| Melhuess | 71 | 0 | / |
| Malvez | 67 | 90 | / |
| Malvis | 67 | 80 | / |
| Mealue | 67 | 72 | / |
| Milvet | 67 | 54 | / |
| Meilvi | 67 | 27 | / |
| Malwes | 67 | 20 | / |
| Milver | 67 | 12 | / |
| Melvic | 67 | 9 | / |
| Molvis | 67 | 5 | / |
| Myleve | 67 | 4 | / |
| Malues | 67 | 3 | / |
| Milvis | 67 | 2 | / |
| Melvio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hmelva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Molues | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melvoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meulue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melvit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melviz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Metlwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melvix | 67 | 1 | / |
| Michelwes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Milvey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Melves
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