Meletin Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Meletin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 48 | 1:3,002,564 | 162,760 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Meletin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meletin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meletin (Russian: Мелетин) occurs more in Russia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meletin? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,394,033rd most commonly held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Meletin reside; 72 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 72 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
This surname is most common in Russia, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 3,002,564. In Russia it is most numerous in: Republic of Tatarstan, where 65 percent are found, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, where 15 percent are found and Saint Petersburg, where 6 percent are found. Besides Russia Meletin occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 22 percent are found and Kyrgyzstan, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meletin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meletin in the Russian language | ||
| Мелетин | meletin | - |
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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 Meletin
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