S Melendez Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Puerto Rico
Highest density in:
Puerto Rico

S Melendez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

S Melendez Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Puerto Rico81:443,7673,219
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508

S Melendez Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name S Melendez Come From? nationality or country of origin

S Melendez is borne by more people in Puerto Rico than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of S Melendez.

How Common Is The Last Name S Melendez? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,360,413th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name S Melendez occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of S Melendez are found; 100 percent are found in Caribbean and 100 percent are found in Hispano-Caribbean.

It is most frequently held in Puerto Rico, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 443,767. In Puerto Rico S Melendez is mostly concentrated in: Arecibo, where 88 percent reside and Añasco, where 13 percent reside. Beside Puerto Rico this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Dominican Republic, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Somlendze743/
Syma-Lindsey552/
Zim Lentz532/

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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 S Melendez
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