Melzer Surname
Approximately 19,994 people bear this surname
Melzer Surname Definition:
(German) One who brews, a brewer; one who came from Meltz, in Germany.
Melzer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 15,654 | 1:5,143 | 615 |
| United States | 2,451 | 1:147,882 | 15,253 |
| Austria | 441 | 1:19,309 | 3,000 |
| Poland | 226 | 1:168,180 | 23,349 |
| Brazil | 167 | 1:1,281,882 | 43,935 |
| Czechia | 158 | 1:67,300 | 11,292 |
| Canada | 122 | 1:302,013 | 27,942 |
| Australia | 112 | 1:241,033 | 22,440 |
| France | 90 | 1:738,030 | 91,686 |
| Switzerland | 71 | 1:115,675 | 11,889 |
| Argentina | 71 | 1:602,020 | 42,723 |
| Netherlands | 49 | 1:344,636 | 38,971 |
| Paraguay | 40 | 1:180,919 | 3,484 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| Honduras | 36 | 1:244,901 | 2,461 |
| South Africa | 36 | 1:1,504,936 | 77,557 |
| Mexico | 25 | 1:4,965,048 | 29,049 |
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| Russia | 23 | 1:6,266,220 | 254,708 |
| Norway | 20 | 1:257,114 | 27,149 |
| Spain | 18 | 1:2,597,335 | 59,996 |
| Chile | 18 | 1:978,693 | 19,774 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 1:301,888 | 25,890 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12 | 1:2,031,281 | 60,933 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 106 | 1:473,761 | 33,810 |
Melzer (79) may also be a first name.
Melzer Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who brews, a brewer; one who came from Meltz, in Germany.
Melzer Demographics
Average Melzer Salary in
United States
$50,580 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melzer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melzer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melzer (Russian: Мельзер) is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melzer? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 26,868th most common last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 364,487 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Melzer live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,083,225th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 79 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 15,654 people, or 1 in 5,143. In Germany Melzer is most frequent in: Saxony, where 20 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent reside and Bavaria, where 12 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname exists in 55 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent reside and Austria, where 2 percent reside.
Melzer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Melzer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Melzer last name expanded 2,312 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 317 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Melzer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Melzer are 10.4% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.17% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Melzer earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 28.93% more than the national average, earning 446,201 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 26.27% more than the national average, earning R 300,072 per year; in United States they earn 17.22% more than the national average, earning $50,580 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.32% more than the national average, earning $57,789 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melzer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melzer in the Russian language | ||
| Мельзер | melzer | - |
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Melzer Reference & Research
Meltzer FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Melzer
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