O'Melia Surname
Approximately 406 people bear this surname
O'Melia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 193 | 1:1,878,026 | 122,158 |
| England | 137 | 1:406,701 | 27,895 |
| Ireland | 34 | 1:138,498 | 6,546 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 15 | 1:295,324 | 11,912 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 80 | 1:304,692 | 20,471 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 147 | 1:341,624 | 26,307 |
O'Melia Demographics
O'Melia Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
O'Melia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name O'Melia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name O'Melia occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name O'Melia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 718,674th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 17,949,620 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 55 percent of O'Melia reside; 54 percent reside in North America and 54 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 193 people, or 1 in 1,878,026. In The United States O'Melia is most numerous in: New York, where 12 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 9 percent reside and New Jersey, where 8 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 34 percent reside and Ireland, where 8 percent reside.
O'Melia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of O'Melia has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the O'Melia surname rose 131 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 171 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 227 percent between 1901 and 2014.
O'Melia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
The amount O'Melia earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 60.43% more than the national average, earning $69,224 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.98% less than the national average, earning $32,803 CAD per year.
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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 O'Melia
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