Melén Surname
Approximately 284 people bear this surname
Melén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 250 | 1:39,387 | 3,145 |
| Finland | 27 | 1:203,582 | 17,121 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
The alternate forms: Melen (2,277), Meleń (20) & Mélen (8) are calculated separately.
Melén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melén Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melén is found most frequently in Sweden. It may occur as a variant: Melen, Meleń or Mélen. For other possible spellings of Melén click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melén? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 928,396th most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Melén are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
This last name is most common in Sweden, where it is borne by 250 people, or 1 in 39,387. In Sweden it is mostly found in: Stockholm County, where 24 percent reside, Skåne County, where 20 percent reside and Dalarna County, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Sweden it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 10 percent reside and Denmark, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Melén
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