Melkish Surname

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

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Armenia
Highest density in:
Armenia

Melkish Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Melkish 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
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Melkish Last Name Facts

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

Melkish (Russian: Мелькиш) occurs in Armenia more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Melkish? popularity and diffusion

The surname Melkish is the 8,968,613th most common last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of Melkish are found; 25 percent are found in Central Asia and 25 percent are found in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia.

Melkish is most frequently occurring in Armenia, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 2,930,180. In Armenia it is mostly found in: Armavir Province, where 100 percent live. Aside from Armenia Melkish exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 25 percent live and India, where 25 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
Melkis92275/
Melkios868/
Melkise862/
Melkies861/
Melkiche803/
Milkis77295/
Melkic77194/
Melkes7793/
Melkij7742/
Melkič776/
Melcis772/
Melkys770/
Melquis7122/
Melchis7119/
Milkios718/
Melkees711/
Melceis711/
Mielkes710/
Melquist67507/
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Melkish Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melkish in the Russian language
Мелькишmelkis-

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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 Melkish
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