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 can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name O'Melia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 718,674th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 17,949,620 people. The last name O'Melia occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of O'Melia live; 54 percent live in North America and 54 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The surname O'Melia is most commonly 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 frequent in: New York, where 12 percent are found, Massachusetts, where 9 percent are found and New Jersey, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 34 percent are found and Ireland, where 8 percent are found.
O'Melia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of O'Melia has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 131 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 171 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 227 percent between 1901 and 2014.
O'Melia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the O'Melia surname is primarily 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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