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 Male Melzer Height
177 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Melzer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melzer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melzer (Russian: Мельзер) is most common in Germany. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melzer? popularity and diffusion
It is the 26,868th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 364,487 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 84 percent of Melzer live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Germanic Europe. Melzer is also the 1,083,225th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 79 people.
It is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 15,654 people, or 1 in 5,143. In Germany Melzer is most numerous in: Saxony, where 20 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent live and Bavaria, where 12 percent live. Barring Germany this surname is found in 55 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 12 percent live and Austria, where 2 percent live.
Melzer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Melzer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Melzer last name grew 2,312 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 317 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Melzer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Melzer surname are 10.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.17% registered with 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
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