Melashchenko Surname

295,398th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,291 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Melashchenko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melashchenko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine1,0671:42,6646,171
Russia2091:689,58458,818
Belarus121:791,75562,255
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Melashchenko Last Name Facts

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

The surname Melashchenko is borne by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Melashchenko? popularity and diffusion

Melashchenko is the 295,398th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,644,885 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Melashchenko reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

Melashchenko is most frequently occurring in Ukraine, where it is carried by 1,067 people, or 1 in 42,664. In Ukraine Melashchenko is mostly concentrated in: Chernihiv Oblast, where 24 percent live, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 12 percent live and Donetsk Oblast, where 10 percent live. Besides Ukraine Melashchenko is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 16 percent live and Belarus, where 1 percent live.

Melashchenko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Orthodox (78%) in Ukraine.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • 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 Melashchenko
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