Sousa Melo Surname
Approximately 195 people bear this surname
Sousa Melo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 194 | 1:1,103,476 | 38,577 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Sousa Melo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sousa Melo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sousa Melo is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sousa Melo? popularity and diffusion
Sousa Melo is the 1,206,588th most frequently used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 37,372,030 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Sousa Melo reside; 99 percent reside in South America and 99 percent reside in Luso-South America.
It is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 194 people, or 1 in 1,103,476. In Brazil Sousa Melo is most numerous in: Goiás, where 13 percent are found, Maranhão, where 12 percent are found and Piauí, where 10 percent are found. Not including Brazil it exists in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sousa Mello | 95 | 14 | / |
| Souza Melo | 90 | 374 | / |
| Sousa-Melo | 90 | 2 | / |
| Sousa Mele | 90 | 1 | / |
| Sousa E Mello | 87 | 1 | / |
| Souza Mello | 86 | 78 | / |
| Sousa Milao | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sousa Mol | 84 | 1 | / |
| Sesa Melo | 84 | 1 | / |
| Souza Amelio | 82 | 2 | / |
| Susamel | 82 | 2 | / |
| Souza E Melo | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sousa Hummel | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sousamli | 78 | 33 | / |
| Souza E Mello | 78 | 9 | / |
| Souza Melli | 76 | 2 | / |
| Souza Milao | 76 | 2 | / |
| Souza-Mello | 76 | 1 | / |
| Souza Emmel | 76 | 1 | / |
| Susmel | 75 | 88 | / |
| Cius Melo | 74 | 3 | / |
| Cesa Melo | 74 | 2 | / |
| Souza Emilio | 73 | 3 | / |
| Souza Mailho | 73 | 1 | / |
| Souza Milhao | 73 | 1 | / |
| Susamli | 71 | 12 | / |
| Susamal | 71 | 8 | / |
| Susmeli | 71 | 7 | / |
| Susmely | 71 | 4 | / |
| Cesay Melo | 70 | 1 | / |
| Sessy Melo | 70 | 1 | / |
| Sessy Mello | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sosamula | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sisimelo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Susemehl | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Sousa Melo
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