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 is found most frequently in Moldova. It may also occur in the variant forms: Meleştean. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melestean? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melestean is the 1,374,607th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. Melestean is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Melestean live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The surname Melestean is most frequent in Moldova, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 23,742. In Moldova it is most numerous in: Ștefan Vodă District, where 84 percent are found, Chișinău Municipality, where 10 percent are found and Căușeni District, where 5 percent are found. Not including Moldova it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 3 percent are found and Russia, where 3 percent are found.
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
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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 Melestean
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