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 last name Melets (Russian: Мелец) occurs in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Melets click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melets? popularity and diffusion
Melets is the 1,453,389th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. The surname Melets is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Melets live; 95 percent live in Eastern Europe and 95 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
The last name is most frequently used in Ukraine, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 679,443. In Ukraine it is mostly concentrated in: Lviv Oblast, where 79 percent live, Kiev, where 7 percent live and Cherkasy Oblast, where 4 percent live. Aside from Ukraine it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 42 percent live and Russia, where 11 percent live.
Melets Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly 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
- 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 Melets
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