Melbye is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Melbye
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Melbye

How popular is Melbye?

Melbye is ranked 206205 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Melbye bearers increased by 2.61194 per cent in 2010 US census to 275 since 2000, the surname slipped by 2473 spots and ranked at 71042. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.64 95.15
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.82 0
Melbye is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Norway which may be its originating country too. Around 1653 people have been found who wears Melbye as their family name. Melbye is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
90,215 Germany3
50,640 Switzerland2
21,529 Singapore2
219,873 France2
42,479 Greece1
30,360 Thailand1
91,024 Belgium1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
94,027 England32
89,676 Canada30
22,809 New Zealand19
109,551 Australia13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
16,052 Sweden58
Countries with hundreds of Melbye:
612 Norway820
63,862 United States394
2,073 Denmark275

Melbye Namesakes

  • Erik Melbye Brekke, Actor
  • Vilhelm Melbye, Anton Melbye's brother

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