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There are approximately 6,596 people named Melville in the UK. That makes it the 1,606th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 104 are named Melville.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Scotland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic


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The Melville surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

MELVILLE. A parish In the arrondissement of Dieppe in Normandy, hodie Melleville. Tlie patriarch of this family, long so influential in Scotland, was a William de Malavill, a Domesd. tenant in Suffolk.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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