Melkor Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Moldova

Melkor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melkor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia401:3,603,076182,447
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Melkor (19) may also be a first name.

Melkor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Melkor (Russian: Мелькор, Tibetan: མེལ་ཀོར་) occurs most in Russia. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Melkor? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,909,720th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Melkor live; 91 percent live in Eastern Europe and 89 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Melkor is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name globally, borne by 19 people.

This surname is most frequent in Russia, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 3,603,076. In Russia Melkor is primarily concentrated in: Moscow Oblast, where 40 percent reside, Moscow, where 13 percent reside and Penza Oblast, where 10 percent reside. Barring Russia Melkor exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 2 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.

Melkor Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Melkor surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Liberal Democratics than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melkhor9216/
Melkour922/
Melkar83442/
Melcor836/
Melkur831/
Melcore77281/
Mellkar771/
Melkare771/
Melckar771/
Melcohr771/
Mielcorz711/
Mellcord710/
Milkar6764/
Melcar6726/
Mlekar676/
Milkur673/
Melcarz6223/
Melcare6212/
Mlkutrh621/
Mislkar621/
Melcatr621/
Mlkhare621/
Melcure621/
Milkare621/
Millkar620/
Mielcarz571,443/
Milcourt571/
Mlekarova5326/
Milkquare531/
Milcar5071/

Melkor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melkor in the Tibetan language
མེལ་ཀོར་melkor-
Melkor in the Russian language
Мелькорmelkor-

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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 Melkor
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