Melikyan Surname

41,441st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,599 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Armenia
Highest density in:
Armenia

Melikyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melikyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Armenia8,6561:33960
Russia3,3431:43,1125,788
United States3311:1,095,04279,381
Georgia671:55,9046,593
Belarus431:220,95527,273
Kazakhstan331:535,83338,572
France241:2,767,613196,808
Turkey231:3,383,54091,291
Abkhazia61:40,4782,603
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Bulgaria61:1,163,15137,744
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
England51:11,143,612252,590
Turkmenistan41:1,372,2786,164
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508

Melikyan Last Name Facts

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

Melikyan (Georgian: მელიკიანი, Russian: Меликян) is found most in Armenia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melikyan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Melikyan is the 41,441st most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 578,423 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 72 percent of Melikyan are found; 69 percent are found in West Asia and 69 percent are found in Armeno-West Asia.

The surname Melikyan is most commonly held in Armenia, where it is borne by 8,656 people, or 1 in 339. In Armenia it is most common in: Yerevan, where 33 percent reside, Tavush Province, where 12 percent reside and Kotayk Province, where 10 percent reside. Barring Armenia this surname exists in 38 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 27 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Melikyan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Orthodox (97%) in Russia, Catholic (40%) in Belarus and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Melikyan surname are 18.32% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 65.09% registered to vote for the party.

Melikyan earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.88% more than the national average, earning $48,276 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Melikyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melikyan in the Georgian language
მელიკიანიmelikiani73.68
მელიკიანmelikian26.32
Melikyan in the Russian language
Меликянmelikan-

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