Santos Melo Surname

523,789th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 620 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Santos Melo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Santos Melo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil6141:348,65513,378
England51:11,143,612252,590
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Santos Melo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Santos Melo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Santos Melo has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Santos Melo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Santos Melo is the 523,789th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 11,754,106 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Santos Melo reside; 99 percent reside in South America and 99 percent reside in Luso-South America.

It is most widely held in Brazil, where it is borne by 614 people, or 1 in 348,655. In Brazil it is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 22 percent live, Sergipe, where 19 percent live and Bahia, where 16 percent live. Not including Brazil this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Spain, where 0 percent live.

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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 Santos Melo
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