Melkoyan Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Armenia

Melkoyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melkoyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia171:8,477,827301,506
Armenia51:586,03610,281
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397

Melkoyan Last Name Facts

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

Melkoyan (Russian: Мелкоян) occurs in Russia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Melkoyan? popularity and diffusion

Melkoyan is the 3,798,600th most commonly used last name globally, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Melkoyan is primarily found in Europe, where 63 percent of Melkoyan are found; 59 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 59 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Russia, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 8,477,827. In Russia it is most frequent in: Rostov Oblast, where 24 percent live, Chelyabinsk Oblast, where 18 percent live and Moscow, where 18 percent live. Excluding Russia this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Armenia, where 19 percent live and Belarus, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Melkoian8819/
Melqoyan8810/
Mlkhoyan887/
Melkuyan881/
Melkayan881/
Mlkeyan8069/
Melkoun8025/
Melkain802/
Melkaen801/
Milkiyan756/
Melkoune751/
Milkayan751/
Milkain6743/
Melkoum671/
Milkoun671/
Mylkeyn670/
Melkien670/
Melkienė631/
Mlkeen573/
Mlcean571/
Milcoun5315/
Mlkeenh532/
Milkien532/
Milkienė502/
Millkien501/

Melkoyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melkoyan in the Russian language
Мелкоянmelkoan-

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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
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  • 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 Melkoyan
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