Melestean Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Melestean Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 150 | 1:23,742 | 3,954 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
The alternate forms: Meleştean (39) are calculated separately.
Melestean Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melestean Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melestean occurs more in Moldova more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Meleştean. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melestean? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,374,607th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 45,547,162 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Melestean are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Moldova, where it is carried by 150 people, or 1 in 23,742. In Moldova Melestean is most frequent in: Ștefan Vodă District, where 84 percent live, Chișinău Municipality, where 10 percent live and Căușeni District, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Moldova this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 3 percent live and Russia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meleştean | 96 | 39 | / |
| Molestean | 89 | 15 | / |
| Malestean | 89 | 1 | / |
| Meletan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Meleshtyan | 84 | 21 | / |
| Malaestean | 84 | 5 | / |
| Malestein | 78 | 342 | / |
| Milostean | 78 | 39 | / |
| Molistean | 78 | 10 | / |
| Milestein | 78 | 2 | / |
| Meulstein | 78 | 1 | / |
| Milesteen | 78 | 0 | / |
| Malstan | 75 | 12 | / |
| Melitan | 75 | 5 | / |
| Miletan | 75 | 4 | / |
| Molstan | 75 | 2 | / |
| Milostan | 71 | 198 | / |
| Malistan | 71 | 156 | / |
| Melethin | 71 | 5 | / |
| Malastan | 71 | 4 | / |
| Molstein | 71 | 2 | / |
| Malstein | 71 | 2 | / |
| Meletoun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Melitene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Milistan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mittelstein | 70 | 64 | / |
| Michelstein | 70 | 63 | / |
| Mitelshteyn | 70 | 17 | / |
| Meiselstein | 70 | 1 | / |
| Maloshtan | 67 | 376 | / |
| Moloshtan | 67 | 97 | / |
| Malashtan | 67 | 79 | / |
| Mahlstein | 67 | 70 | / |
| Malshteyn | 67 | 14 | / |
| Michelshtein | 67 | 1 | / |
| Malosztan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maalstein | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mittelstandt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Milestine | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Melestean
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