Melihovs Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Melihovs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 59 | 1:34,747 | 5,303 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Meļihovs (1) are calculated separately.
Melihovs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melihovs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melihovs is more commonly found in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Meļihovs. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melihovs? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,483,783rd most common last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name Melihovs is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Melihovs live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Baltic Europe.
Melihovs is most frequent in Latvia, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 34,747. In Latvia Melihovs is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 66 percent are found, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 22 percent are found and Latgale, where 12 percent are found. Barring Latvia it exists in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meļihovs | 96 | 1 | / |
| Melihov | 93 | 112 | / |
| Melihova | 88 | 119 | / |
| Melehovs | 88 | 13 | / |
| Melihhova | 82 | 1 | / |
| Melehov | 80 | 95 | / |
| Milihov | 80 | 2 | / |
| Melihow | 80 | 1 | / |
| Melijov | 80 | 1 | / |
| Melehova | 75 | 142 | / |
| Melihoff | 75 | 6 | / |
| Melyhova | 75 | 3 | / |
| Meļihova | 75 | 1 | / |
| Melehhov | 75 | 1 | / |
| Melihowa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Milihova | 75 | 1 | / |
| Melehhova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hmeljov | 67 | 28 | / |
| Meljova | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hmeljova | 63 | 13 | / |
| Melehoff | 63 | 7 | / |
| Meļehova | 63 | 1 | / |
| Miljov | 57 | 1 | / |
| Meileow | 53 | 1 | / |
| Milehav | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Melihovs
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