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 found most frequently in Czechia. It can also be found as a variant: Melan, Mélán or Mélan. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melán? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,798,600th most commonly used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Melán live; 85 percent live in Eastern Europe and 85 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
The last name Melán is most frequently held in Czechia, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 462,325. In Czechia Melán is most common in: South Moravian Region, where 61 percent are found, South Bohemian Region, where 22 percent are found and Vysočina Region, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Czechia it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 7 percent are found and Austria, where 4 percent are found.
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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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