Meleshin Surname

509,082nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 643 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Meleshin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meleshin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia5971:241,41225,750
Belarus301:316,70234,864
Kazakhstan131:1,360,19271,840
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Meleshin Last Name Facts

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

Meleshin (Russian: Мелешин) is borne by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Meleshin? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 509,082nd most widely held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,333,664 people. The last name Meleshin is mostly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Meleshin live; 82 percent live in Eastern Europe and 82 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Russia, where it is borne by 597 people, or 1 in 241,412. In Russia Meleshin is most numerous in: Moscow, where 11 percent reside, Moscow Oblast, where 10 percent reside and Mordovia Republic, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Russia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 5 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 2 percent reside.

Meleshin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (93%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Meleshin last name are 11.82% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 58.59% registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Meleshin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Meleshin in the Russian language
Мелешинmelesin-

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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
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  • 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 Meleshin
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