Melentjevs Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Melentjevs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 31 | 1:66,131 | 9,862 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Melentjevs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melentjevs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melentjevs is carried by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melentjevs? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,432,070th most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. Melentjevs occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Melentjevs reside; 97 percent reside in Northern Europe and 94 percent reside in Baltic Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Latvia, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 66,131. In Latvia it is primarily concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 68 percent are found, Latgale, where 19 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 6 percent are found. Barring Latvia it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 3 percent are found and Scotland, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melentjev | 95 | 14 | / |
| Melentjeva | 90 | 48 | / |
| Melentijev | 90 | 1 | / |
| Melentyev | 84 | 818 | / |
| Melentiev | 84 | 97 | / |
| Melentsev | 84 | 1 | / |
| Melentjeff | 80 | 48 | / |
| Milentijev | 80 | 2 | / |
| Meļentjeva | 80 | 1 | / |
| Milentjeva | 80 | 1 | / |
| Milentyev | 74 | 63 | / |
| Mylentyev | 74 | 16 | / |
| Milentiev | 74 | 16 | / |
| Melintsev | 74 | 2 | / |
| Melentieff | 70 | 2 | / |
| Mahylentsev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Milintsev | 63 | 7 | / |
| Mylyntsev | 63 | 1 | / |
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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 Melentjevs
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