Melikow Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkmenistan
Highest density in:
Turkmenistan

Melikow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melikow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkmenistan41:1,372,2786,164
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Melikow Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Melikow Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Melikow is carried by more people in Turkmenistan than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Melikow? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Melikow are found; 40 percent are found in Central Asia and 40 percent are found in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia.

This last name is most widely held in Turkmenistan, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 1,372,278. Besides Turkmenistan it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 20 percent are found and Belarus, where 10 percent are found.

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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 Melikow
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