Melks Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Melks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Melks 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
Israel361:237,71222,042
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295

Melks (28) may also be a first name.

Melks Last Name Facts

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

The surname Melks (Russian: Мелькс) occurs in Israel more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Melks.

How Common Is The Last Name Melks? popularity and diffusion

Melks is the 3,055,934th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname Melks is primarily found in Asia, where 88 percent of Melks reside; 88 percent reside in West Asia and 88 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 28 people.

Melks is most frequently used in Israel, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 237,712. In Israel it is mostly found in: Northern District, where 36 percent live, Tel Aviv District, where 31 percent live and Haifa District, where 25 percent live. Barring Israel Melks is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 5 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
Mlks895/
Melksse831/
Milks802,274/
Mylks8019/
Melgs804/
Melcs801/
Milcks733/
Millks732/
Melchs730/
Melx676/
Mlqs671/
Milcs6070/
Mölcs6016/
Milgs601/
Millcs551/
Mlx503/
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Melks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melks in the Russian language
Мельксmelks-

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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 Melks
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