Melcan Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Melcan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melcan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel591:145,04515,356
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
Moldova81:445,17130,722
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Melcan (28) may also be a first name.

Melcan Last Name Facts

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

Melcan is found most in Israel. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melcan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Melcan is the 2,075,631st most frequent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Melcan reside; 72 percent reside in West Asia and 72 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia. Melcan is also the 1,994,417th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 28 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Israel, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 145,045. In Israel it is most frequent in: Central District, where 29 percent are found, Northern District, where 29 percent are found and Tel Aviv District, where 24 percent are found. Barring Israel Melcan occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 13 percent are found and Moldova, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melchan9223/
Melcant924/
Melckan921/
Melcian921/
Melczan921/
Mielcan921/
Melchane86428/
Melcon831,006/
Milcan83169/
Melcón8385/
Melkan8354/
Meljan8343/
Melsan8342/
Melcam8312/
Mlcean831/
Melcôn831/
Melzian77119/
Melcion7793/
Milchan7733/
Melkane7717/
Melcone7715/
Melzane7712/
Mellcam778/
Meljain777/
Melchon775/
Mielkan774/
Meljane774/
Melgian773/
Melkain772/
Millcan772/
Melsane771/
Mielcon771/
Mlcaine771/
Milhcan771/
Melcuon771/
Melshan771/
Melquan770/
Milscan770/
Mellsan770/
Mljan731/
Mlčan731/
Melziahn717/
Milczank711/
Melssant711/
Mellesan711/
Millcian711/
Milchain710/
Melson676,537/
Melsen671,161/
Miljan67478/
Melkon67193/
Meljon67121/
Milkan6787/
Melzén6752/
Melzen6751/
Melcom6732/
Milzan6725/
Milsan6713/
Melján6712/
Melzon6712/
Melkanova6711/
Melzam679/
Milcon675/
Mlekan675/
Melsam672/
Mlkhan672/
Melchonne672/
Melchoine671/
Mylkan671/
Mljean671/
Mehelsian671/
Melsón671/
Melschonk670/

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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 Melcan
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