Melkum Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Vanuatu

Melkum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Melkum 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
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Vanuatu91:29,253714
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Melkum (16) may also be a first name.

Melkum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Melkum (Russian: Мелкум) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Melkum? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,034,050th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. Melkum is predominantly found in Oceania, where 79 percent of Melkum live; 79 percent live in Oceania Islands and 42 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Melkum is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous given name worldwide It is held by 16 people.

It is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Madang, where 100 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Vanuatu, where 38 percent reside and Russia, where 8 percent reside.

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
Melkoum921/
Melkom8333/
Melcum8311/
Melkumova801,200/
Melkoumova751/
Mlcum736/
Melcoume711/
Melcom6732/
Melcumova671/
Milkom671/
Milkumova671/
Milcom501/
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Melkum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melkum in the Russian language
Мелкумmelkum-

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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 Melkum
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