Melissa is used as a family name or surname in Uganda. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Melissa
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Uganda
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Melissa

How popular is Melissa?

Melissa is common in Uganda.

Melissa is ranked 33824 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Melissas plummeted by 26.47059 per cent to 125 since 2000 and slipped by 35942 spots and ranked at 134712. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 74.4 82.35
Hispanic or Latino 12.8 11.18
Black 8.8 2.94
Melissa is quite popular family name mostly used in Brazil while Mauritius is ahead in terms of density. Around 14730 people have been found who wears Melissa as their family name. Melissa is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,049 Costa Rica10
918,840 India5
103,755 Czech Republic5
119,732 Spain5
122,390 Belarus4
13,901 Trinidad and Tobago3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
2,113 Taiwan3
4,899 Ivory Coast3
2,720 South Korea3
26,321 Israel3
2,550 Haiti3
6,779 Nicaragua3
4,096 Dominican Republic3
9,500 Ghana3
12,161 Wales2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
15,591 Burkina Faso2
26,532 Chile2
9,272 Ecuador2
40,064 Nigeria2
35,969 Denmark2
20,837 Venezuela2
706 Burundi2
2,152 Niger2
28,232 Morocco2
20,186 Kenya2
53,505 Turkey1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
4,171 Rwanda1
5,916 Mozambique1
58,885 Poland1
13,606 Senegal1
2,724 New Caledonia1
15,705 Cameroon1
16,228 Bulgaria1
1,879 Belize1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
3,993 El Salvador1
14,618 Guyana1
29,046 Japan1
14,644 Tunisia1
20,172 Hungary1
19,533 Uruguay1
77,122 Sweden1
2,040 Mali1
7,847 Albania1
3,307 Malta1
25,746 Finland1
3,350 Fiji1
50,549 Georgia1
734 Chad1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,376 Singapore47
4,813 Hong Kong47
92,266 Ukraine46
9,524 Portugal37
4,169 Cyprus26
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
2,413 China18
113,815 Kazakhstan14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,953 New Zealand90
19,740 Romania84
22,440 Belgium74
4,057 Panama65
66,582 Argentina60
39,248 Netherlands53
Countries with hundreds of Melissa:
19,917 Italy515
4,469 Malaysia506
9,569 Mexico497
4,029 Colombia472
1,217 Honduras444
25,166 France392
6,225 Peru370
28,988 Indonesia363
8,244 Australia344
31,047 Germany336
34,535 Philippines322
3,418 Guatemala308
27,867 South Africa201
69,794 Russia186
11,417 Greece172
22,481 Canada156
34,900 England124
2,434 Mauritius109
Countries with thousands of Melissa:
5,010 Brazil2,782
13,230 United States2,612
4,279 Algeria1,607
4,327 Uganda1,120
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Domenico Melissa worked as laborer and hailed from Napoli, Italy. 36 years old embarked for New York from Gibraltar & Naples on Victoria and arrived on May 29, 1893. Donato Melissa (4), Francesco Melissa (21) Porter, Giuseppe Melissa, Laborer Gppe.Andrea Melissa, are others that migrated to US.

Comments

T
Tobias Merchant
Melissa is a name of the female gender is a derivative of a name Meletius Meletius is masculine origin of the name is Latin his feast is celebrated on February 12 its etymology comes from mel / melis: honey but also the sweetness ; charm .

Melissa Namesakes

  • Cheerleader Melissa, Professional wrestler
  • Cheerleader Melissa, Professional wrestler
  • Cheerleader Melissa, Professional wrestler
  • Cheerleader Melissa, Professional wrestler
  • Cheerleader Melissa, Professional wrestler
  • Cheerleader Melissa, Professional wrestler
  • Cheerleader Melissa, Professional wrestler
  • Cheerleader Melissa, Professional wrestler
  • Cheerleader Melissa, Professional wrestler
  • Cheerleader Melissa, Professional wrestler
  • In 2016, Shannen Melissa portrayed the role of Ashley Greene in horror, thriller movie The Wall of Souls.

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