Cognomen Melville (Melville 
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) , globally, is a common last name. The last name Melville is characteristic of Trinidad and Tobago, where it is quite a common surname, New Zealand, and Jamaica. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the United States, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand. Very seldom, Melville is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Melville | United Kingdom, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada |
| מלוויל | Israel |
Melvill, Мелвилле, Мелвиль, Мельвиль, Мелвилл, and เมลวิลล์
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andrew melville Scottish scholar, theologian and religious reformer, GB (b. 1545) |
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| robert melville Melville, Robert, first Lord Melville (1527/8–1621), administrator and judge (b. 1527) |
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| james melville Minister of the Church of Scotland and diarist (b. 1556) |
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| elizabeth melville Scottish poet, GB (b. 1578) |
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george melville, 1st earl of melville Scottish politician and noble (b. 1636) |
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| andrew melville Scottish army officer and governor of Gifhorn, GB (b. 1624) |
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| alexander melville, lord raith (1655-1698) (b. 1655) |
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| margaret melville (born 1658) (b. 1658) |
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| sophie charlotte anna von melville 28 Jan 1670 - 1724 (b. 1670) |
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| david melville (b. 1660) |
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pricilla scollay melville (1755-1833), US (b. 1755) |
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| david melville British noble (b. 1722) |
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allan melville father of Herman Melville, US (b. 1782) |
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| thomas melville (b. 1726) |
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herman melville American writer and poet (1819–1891), US (b. 1819) |
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