Melić Surname

681,965th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 436 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Melić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina3201:11,0512,194
Serbia651:109,9228,556
Croatia301:140,95319,667
Slovenia151:165,84514,188
North Macedonia41:525,36820,918
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Melic (213) are calculated separately.

Melić Last Name Facts

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

Melić has its highest incidence in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It may also appear as: Melic. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melić? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 681,965th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 16,714,555 people. The last name Melić occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Melić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Melić is most widely held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is held by 320 people, or 1 in 11,051. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Melić is mostly found in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 100 percent are found and Republika Srpska, where 0 percent are found. Beside Bosnia and Herzegovina Melić is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 15 percent are found and Croatia, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melic93213/
Metlić91115/
Hmelić911/
Milić8023,233/
Meliz80358/
Meleć801/
Meheloić771/
Melich732,307/
Melitz73185/
Melici7390/
Maloić7368/
Melicz7362/
Melics7352/
Mislić7325/
Mailić737/
Milaić733/
Hmelic733/
Mieliz733/
Malaić732/
Melits732/
Miolić732/
Melizh732/
Mejlic731/
Meleci731/
Maleić731/
Mojlić731/
Mehlic730/
Mehlich671,290/
Mielitz67555/
Mehlitz67437/
Mehelic6791/
Meilich6740/
Meliche6739/
Melisci6739/
Meelich6733/
Melizci6728/
Meleich6713/
Metlicz679/
Melitse677/
Melitch675/
Maelitz674/
Meylich672/
Mahalić672/
Mielicz671/
Mejlich671/
Meilitz671/
Metlits671/
Melitze671/

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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 Melić
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