The Meylan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 167 people carried this name — #106,570 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 11% from 150 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,612 people named Meylan live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 153 people named Meylan.
39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Meylan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Philippe-Samuel Meylan 1772–1845 · clockmaker
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Alphonse-Denis Meylan 1834–1917 · botanical collector
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Auguste Meylan 1840–1897 · caricaturist
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Auguste Meylan 1841–1897 · travel writer
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Charles-Henri Meylan 1842–1916
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Charles Meylan 1868–1941 · teacher
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Meylan.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Meylan is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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