Melkins Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Melkins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Melkins Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Melkins (5) may also be a first name.

Melkins Last Name Facts

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

The last name Melkins (Russian: Мелкинс) is found in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melkins? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most common surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Melkins live; 50 percent live in Eastern Europe and 50 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Melkins is also the 5,493,085th most common first name world-wide, held by 5 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Latvia, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 1,025,023. In Latvia Melkins is most frequent in: Semigallia, where 50 percent live and Vidzeme, where 50 percent live. Besides Latvia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 50 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melkns921/
Mlkins920/
Milkins861,050/
Melkens861/
Meulkens8041/
Milkens7126/
Mülkens7110/
Milcins711/
Muilkens6726/
Millkims670/
Milchins670/
Melchens670/
Milkench530/
Milchens530/
Milkence530/
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Melkins Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melkins in the Russian language
Мелкинсmelkins-

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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 Melkins
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