Melesanakis Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Melesanakis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Melesanakis 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
Greece661:167,87627,244
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212

Melesanakis Last Name Facts

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

The last name Melesanakis is more frequently found in Greece than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Melesanakis? popularity and diffusion

The surname Melesanakis is the 2,312,869th most common surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Melesanakis are found; 97 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

This last name is most common in Greece, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 167,876. In Greece Melesanakis is most numerous in: Crete, where 74 percent reside, Attica, where 23 percent reside and North Aegean, where 2 percent reside. Beside Greece it occurs in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 3 percent reside.

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
Melessanakis96102/
Melesanaki9545/
Melessanaki9130/
Malesanakis911/
Melezanaski822/
Melissanaki821/
Malegianakis781/
Malegiannakis7528/
Malgiannakis701/
Milogiannakis676/
Mylogiannakis672/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Melesanakis
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