Melev Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Melev Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 68 | 1:102,631 | 6,160 |
| North Macedonia | 38 | 1:55,302 | 5,771 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Melev (11) may also be a first name.
Melev Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melev Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melev (Russian: Мелев) is found most in Bulgaria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melev? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melev is the 1,504,764th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Melev reside; 83 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 83 percent reside in South Slavic Europe. Melev is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname is most frequent in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 102,631. In Bulgaria it is most prevalent in: Plovdiv Province, where 62 percent are found, Burgas Province, where 12 percent are found and Sofia City Province, where 9 percent are found. Besides Bulgaria this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also found in North Macedonia, where 27 percent are found and Slovenia, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melev Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melev in the Russian language | ||
| Мелев | melev | - |
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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 Melev
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