Melikh Surname
Approximately 815 people bear this surname
Melikh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 579 | 1:59,544 | 9,923 |
| Russia | 120 | 1:1,201,025 | 87,954 |
| Iraq | 89 | 1:393,502 | 7,096 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Palestine | 4 | 1:1,137,212 | 16,054 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Melikh (21) may also be a first name.
Melikh Demographics
Melikh Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Melikh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melikh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melikh (Russian: Мелих) occurs more in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melikh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Melikh is the 424,566th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 8,941,774 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Melikh live; 71 percent live in North Africa and 71 percent live in Mahgreb. Melikh is also the 2,368,944th most widespread forename world-wide. It is borne by 21 people.
The last name Melikh is most widely held in Morocco, where it is held by 579 people, or 1 in 59,544. Other than Morocco Melikh exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 15 percent are found and Iraq, where 11 percent are found.
Melikh Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Melikh last name is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (78%) in Ukraine.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melikh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melikh in the Russian language | ||
| Мелих | melih | - |
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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 Melikh
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