Melnick Surname

88,866th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Melnick Surname Definition:

(Czech-Slovakian,Ukranian) One who ground grain, a miller.

Melnick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,2601:85,0849,624
Canada7131:51,6776,226
South Africa981:552,83443,423
Brazil951:2,253,41469,998
Chile561:314,5808,983
England481:1,160,79354,689
Argentina321:1,335,73276,713
Russia211:6,863,003268,198
France211:3,162,987209,042
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111
Austria51:1,703,08789,702
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Melnick (31) may also be a first name.

Melnick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Czech-Slovakian,Ukranian) One who ground grain, a miller.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from a place name) or (from an ancestor's occupation) From the town of Mielnik, at one time part of Poland and at another time part of Lithuania. Or from Melnik, the Russian word for “miller,” from which we also get Melnikoff.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Melnick Last Name Facts

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

The last name Melnick occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Melnick.

How Common Is The Last Name Melnick? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 88,866th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,348,796 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Melnick reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 91 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Melnick is also the 1,874,099th most prevalent first name globally, held by 31 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 4,260 people, or 1 in 85,084. In The United States it is most numerous in: New York, where 15 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 12 percent reside and Florida, where 10 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name exists in 31 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 13 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.

Melnick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Melnick has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Melnick last name expanded 85,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Melnick Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Melnick last name are 4.04% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.27% registered with the party.

The amount Melnick earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 128.66% more than the national average, earning R 543,384 per year; in United States they earn 21.66% more than the national average, earning $52,494 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.94% less than the national average, earning $47,726 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mellnick9373/
Mielnick9328/
Melnicke9327/
Melnik9271,022/
Melnic9211,040/
Mielnik865,918/
Melnyck8656/
Melnike8649/
Mellnik8648/
Milnick8628/
Melneck8617/
Melnikh8612/
Melnisk8611/
Melhnik8610/
Melniek868/
Melnikk863/
Mellnic862/
Hmelnik862/
Melnnik861/
Mlnnick861/
Melnikė861/
Mölnick861/
Mlnik831/
Melnickova8218/
Millnick8013/
Hmelniks803/
Milnicke802/
Melnychk801/
Melnyk77148,127/
Melnek77364/
Melník77133/
Milnik77130/
Mlenik7768/
Mylnik7730/
Melñik7717/
Melnec7713/
Milnic774/
Mélnik771/
Melnık771/
Melnig771/
Melnikova75132,682/
Melnicova75224/
Melniková7547/
Melnikowa7523/
Melnychck751/
Mielñik7124/
Melnikhova7113/
Mölneck7112/
Milneck7110/
Millnik719/
Melnnikova717/
Mlinnik716/
Mlynnik716/
Mel'nyk715/
Hmelnikova715/
Mielnyk714/
Mellñik714/
Mellnikova713/
Melhnyk713/
Melnhyk712/
Melnykh712/
Melnyke712/
Mmelnikova711/
Mlennik711/
Melneckova711/
Milnickova711/
Mleneck711/
Melnkova6714/
Mlnikova678/
Melnique675/
Miglinic671/

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