Melets Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Melets Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 67 | 1:679,443 | 71,859 |
| Belarus | 62 | 1:153,243 | 21,008 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Melets Demographics
Melets Religious Adherence
in Belarus
Religious Adherence
in Belarus
Melets Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melets Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melets (Russian: Мелец) is most common in Ukraine. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melets? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,453,389th most frequently held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. The surname Melets occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Melets live; 95 percent live in Eastern Europe and 95 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in Ukraine, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 679,443. In Ukraine it is most common in: Lviv Oblast, where 79 percent are found, Kiev, where 7 percent are found and Cherkasy Oblast, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Ukraine this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 42 percent are found and Russia, where 11 percent are found.
Melets Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Melets surname is predominantly Catholic (71%) in Belarus.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melets Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melets in the Russian language | ||
| Мелец | melec | - |
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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 Melets
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