Melanin Surname

662,685th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 453 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Melanin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melanin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia3981:362,11835,661
Kazakhstan241:736,77148,237
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

Melanin (76) may also be a first name.

Melanin Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Melanin Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Melanin (Arabic: ميلانين, Hindi: मेलनीन, Marathi: मेलनीन, Russian: Меланин) is more frequently found in Russia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Melanin click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melanin? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 662,685th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,087,298 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Melanin live; 71 percent live in Eastern Europe and 69 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,107,702nd most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 76 people.

The surname Melanin is most commonly used in Russia, where it is borne by 398 people, or 1 in 362,118. In Russia Melanin is most common in: Voronezh Oblast, where 28 percent are found, Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 12 percent are found and Perm Krai, where 8 percent are found. Not including Russia Melanin is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 5 percent are found and Brazil, where 4 percent are found.

Melanin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Orthodox (96%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Melanin last name are 9.48% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 56.25% registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Melanin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melanin in the Hindi language
मेलनीनmelanina-
Melanin in the Marathi language
मेलनीनmelanina-
Melanin in the Russian language
Меланинmelanin-
Melanin in the Arabic language
ميلانينmylanyn-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Melanin
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis