Melniceanu Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Melniceanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 6 | 1:593,561 | 36,655 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Melniceanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melniceanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melniceanu is more commonly found in Moldova than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Melniceanu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Melniceanu is the 6,723,624th most commonly used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Melniceanu reside; 88 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 88 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
This surname is most commonly held in Moldova, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 593,561. In Moldova it is most frequent in: Bălți Municipality, where 67 percent live and Chișinău Municipality, where 33 percent live. Besides Moldova this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 13 percent live and Turkey, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melnicean | 95 | 2 | / |
| Melinceanu | 90 | 151 | / |
| Melenceanu | 90 | 4 | / |
| Molniceanu | 90 | 2 | / |
| Molnicean | 84 | 12 | / |
| Melencean | 84 | 2 | / |
| Milinceanu | 80 | 50 | / |
| Milenceanu | 80 | 31 | / |
| Melenceano | 80 | 1 | / |
| Melancen | 78 | 21 | / |
| Melnicin | 78 | 1 | / |
| Melinicin | 74 | 1 | / |
| Melenziana | 70 | 1 | / |
| Meloni Sena | 67 | 5 | / |
| Melinzin | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meilanisana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melencin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mlincyan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melnison | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melincin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meloncin | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Melniceanu
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