Melashunas Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Melashunas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Melashunas Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus261:365,42538,396
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Melashunas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Melashunas (Russian: Мелашунас) occurs in Belarus more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melashunas? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,185,033rd most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Melashunas are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

It is most commonly used in Belarus, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 365,425. In Belarus Melashunas is mostly concentrated in: Minsk Region, where 73 percent live, Mogilev Region, where 23 percent live and Gomel Region, where 4 percent live. Apart from Belarus it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 29 percent live and Ukraine, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Milashunas905/
Milasunas841/
Miloshunas8026/
Myloshunas8014/
Milishunas803/
Milasiunas801/
Mylyshunas801/
Mylyshyunas763/
Mayllashungo642/

Melashunas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melashunas in the Russian language
Мелашунасmelasunas-

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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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 Melashunas
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