Meleshchenko Surname
Approximately 1,848 people bear this surname
Meleshchenko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 1,182 | 1:38,513 | 5,569 |
| Russia | 600 | 1:240,205 | 25,636 |
| Belarus | 63 | 1:150,810 | 20,737 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Meleshchenko Demographics
Meleshchenko Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Meleshchenko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meleshchenko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meleshchenko is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meleshchenko? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 220,942nd most frequent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,943,477 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Meleshchenko reside; 89 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 89 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
Meleshchenko is most commonly held in Ukraine, where it is carried by 1,182 people, or 1 in 38,513. In Ukraine Meleshchenko is primarily concentrated in: Zhytomyr Oblast, where 15 percent live, Kiev, where 15 percent live and Kharkiv Oblast, where 13 percent live. Excluding Ukraine this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 32 percent live and Belarus, where 3 percent live.
Meleshchenko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.
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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 Meleshchenko
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