Meliška Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Meliška Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 91 | 1:58,642 | 11,313 |
| Czechia | 15 | 1:708,898 | 64,682 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Meliska (148) are calculated separately.
Meliška Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meliška Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meliška has its highest incidence in Slovakia. It may also occur as: Meliska. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meliška? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,775,494th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Meliška are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Slovakia, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 58,642. In Slovakia Meliška is most prevalent in: Nitra Region, where 42 percent reside, Banská Bystrica Region, where 29 percent reside and Trnava Region, where 25 percent reside. Not including Slovakia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 14 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Meliška
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