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Where Does The Last Name Melenets Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Melenets (Russian: Меленец) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melenets? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 521,266^th most prevalent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 11,678,759 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Melenets reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 98 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Ukraine, where it is held by 302 people, or 1 in 150,737. In Ukraine it is mostly concentrated in: Kharkiv Oblast, where 33 percent live, Zhytomyr Oblast, where 25 percent live and Donetsk Oblast, where 11 percent live. Besides Ukraine this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 38 percent live and Russia, where 13 percent live.

Melenets Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Melenets surname is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Belarus and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Melenets surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.