Melán Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Melán Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 23 | 1:462,325 | 50,029 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
The alternate forms: Melan (4,444), Mélán (1) & Mélan (36) are calculated separately.
Melán Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melán Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melán is more frequently found in Czechia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Melan, Mélán or Mélan. Click here to see other possible spellings of Melán.
How Common Is The Last Name Melán? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,798,600th most widely held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Melán is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Melán are found; 85 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 85 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Czechia, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 462,325. In Czechia it is mostly found in: South Moravian Region, where 61 percent live, South Bohemian Region, where 22 percent live and Vysočina Region, where 13 percent live. Barring Czechia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 7 percent live and Austria, where 4 percent live.
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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 Melán
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