Melkonyan Surname

21,365th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,523 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Armenia
Highest density in:
Armenia

Melkonyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melkonyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Armenia18,2621:16032
Russia6,1751:23,3403,314
United States3571:1,015,29174,807
Georgia1141:32,8564,975
Belarus1131:84,08013,311
Kazakhstan1101:160,75015,844
Bulgaria681:102,6316,160
Uzbekistan491:631,20713,568
Turkey491:1,588,19260,638
France471:1,413,249138,595
Greece281:395,70752,747
Belgium271:425,80243,971
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Abkhazia191:12,7821,523
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
England61:9,286,343223,652
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Moldova31:1,187,12348,973
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Transnistria31:158,23313,093
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Malta11:430,2723,380
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Belize11:355,4743,977
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Melkonyan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Melkonyan (Georgian: მელკონიანი, Russian: Мелконян) is held by more people in Armenia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melkonyan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 21,365th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 285,529 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 76 percent of Melkonyan live; 72 percent live in West Asia and 72 percent live in Armeno-West Asia.

Melkonyan is most frequently used in Armenia, where it is borne by 18,262 people, or 1 in 160. In Armenia Melkonyan is most common in: Yerevan, where 34 percent live, Gegharkunik Province, where 12 percent live and Shirak Province, where 11 percent live. Not including Armenia this surname exists in 43 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Melkonyan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (92%) in Russia, Orthodox (73%) in Belarus, Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (91%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Melkonyan are 15.12% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 61.89% registered with the political party.

Melkonyan earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.76% less than the national average, earning $41,956 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Melkonyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melkonyan in the Georgian language
მელკონიანიmelkoniani61.54
მელკონიანmelkonian38.46
Melkonyan in the Russian language
Мелконянmelkonan-

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Footnotes

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