Meliston Surname
Approximately 431 people bear this surname
Meliston Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 430 | 1:235,438 | 35,846 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Meliston Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meliston Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meliston occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Meliston click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meliston? popularity and diffusion
Meliston is the 687,524th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 16,908,459 people. Meliston is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Meliston are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 100 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
This last name is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 430 people, or 1 in 235,438. In The Philippines Meliston is most prevalent in: Northern Mindanao, where 96 percent reside, Central Visayas, where 2 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 1 percent reside. Aside from The Philippines this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meliton | 93 | 4,857 | / |
| Melitong | 88 | 9 | / |
| Maliston | 88 | 4 | / |
| Melitone | 88 | 2 | / |
| Meleston | 88 | 2 | / |
| Miliston | 88 | 1 | / |
| Molliston | 82 | 6 | / |
| Militon | 80 | 408 | / |
| Meleton | 80 | 146 | / |
| Melitão | 80 | 33 | / |
| Melitón | 80 | 9 | / |
| Melitan | 80 | 5 | / |
| Melitòn | 80 | 2 | / |
| Melitom | 80 | 1 | / |
| Myliton | 80 | 1 | / |
| Melitonova | 78 | 3 | / |
| Malistan | 75 | 156 | / |
| Meletong | 75 | 51 | / |
| Militone | 75 | 5 | / |
| Mileston | 75 | 4 | / |
| Moleston | 75 | 4 | / |
| Militong | 75 | 1 | / |
| Meletoun | 75 | 1 | / |
| Milistan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mehleton | 75 | 1 | / |
| Myleston | 75 | 1 | / |
| Milestone | 71 | 505 | / |
| Molleston | 71 | 47 | / |
| Mettleton | 71 | 16 | / |
| Malleston | 71 | 0 | / |
| Militão | 67 | 2,806 | / |
| Militan | 67 | 205 | / |
| Militonova | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mileton | 67 | 7 | / |
| Milesstone | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meletom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meletan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melitam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Militom | 67 | 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
- 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 Meliston
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis