Melkes Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Melkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melkes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia631:168,78525,447
Austria131:655,03358,041
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Melkes (37) may also be a first name.

Melkes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Melkes is borne by more people in Czechia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melkes? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,931,261st most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 90 percent of Melkes live; 76 percent live in Eastern Europe and 68 percent live in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,688,769th most commonly occurring given name at a global level It is held by 37 people.

This last name is most numerous in Czechia, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 168,785. In Czechia Melkes is mostly found in: South Moravian Region, where 33 percent are found, Vysočina Region, where 32 percent are found and Central Bohemian Region, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Czechia Melkes is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 14 percent are found and Hungary, where 9 percent are found.

Melkes Last Name Statistics demography

Melkes earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 127.07% more than the national average, earning R 539,604 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melkees921/
Melkies921/
Mielkes920/
Melkis83275/
Milkes83191/
Mylkes835/
Melces831/
Melkys830/
Melkesová8050/
Melches77166/
Melques7729/
Melkios778/
Melkish774/
Melkise772/
Milckes771/
Melceis771/
Melkiche713/
Melquest710/
Milkis67295/
Milkez6713/
Mellquest679/
Mylkys673/
Melcis672/
Milques6287/
Melquis6222/
Melchis6219/
Melchez6210/
Milkios628/
Milkecz621/
Mlekiez621/
Milches621/
Melquist57507/
Mellquist53254/
Mehlquist534/
Milkisova531/
Milkiš501/
Meļķis501/

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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 Melkes
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