Melnikovs Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Melnikovs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 319 | 1:6,426 | 888 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Meļņikovs (2) are calculated separately.
Melnikovs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melnikovs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melnikovs is held by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Meļņikovs. For other possible spellings of Melnikovs click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melnikovs? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 818,364th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 21,433,959 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Melnikovs live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Baltic Europe.
The surname Melnikovs is most widespread in Latvia, where it is carried by 319 people, or 1 in 6,426. In Latvia Melnikovs is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 52 percent are found, Latgale, where 31 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Latvia it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Estonia, where 4 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melnikovas | 95 | 10 | / |
| Hmelnikovs | 95 | 1 | / |
| Meļņikovs | 93 | 2 | / |
| Milnikovs | 89 | 22 | / |
| Melnicovs | 89 | 6 | / |
| Malinnikovs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Malankovs | 78 | 6 | / |
| Milinkovis | 74 | 1 | / |
| Milenkovsi | 74 | 1 | / |
| Milincovis | 63 | 5 | / |
| Milenkovci | 63 | 1 | / |
| Melencovici | 60 | 40 | / |
| Milinkovići | 60 | 1 | / |
| Milinkovice | 60 | 1 | / |
| Milencovici | 50 | 142 | / |
| Milancovici | 50 | 75 | / |
| Milincovici | 50 | 6 | / |
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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 Melnikovs
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