Melnits Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Finland

Melnits Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melnits Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia151:9,608,204322,587
Finland71:785,24338,644
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Melnits Last Name Facts

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

The last name Melnits (Russian: Мельниц) is carried by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Melnits? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Melnits occurs mostly in Asia, where 64 percent of Melnits are found; 50 percent are found in North Asia and 50 percent are found in Slavic North Asia.

The last name Melnits is most commonly held in Russia, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 9,608,204. In Russia Melnits is primarily concentrated in: Krasnoyarsk Krai, where 67 percent are found, Chelyabinsk Oblast, where 13 percent are found and Bashkortostan Republic, where 7 percent are found. Besides Russia Melnits exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 25 percent are found and Thailand, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hmelnits931/
Melnitz866/
Melnets861/
Melnitsova822/
Mellnitz8048/
Melnitci801/
Melnic7711,040/
Melnić7716/
Moellnitz753/
Milnitz71106/
Melnich7139/
Mølnitz715/
Mellnic712/
Melnici711/
Mylnitsova711/
Millnitz67525/
Møllnitz6768/
Möllnitz6746/
Mellnich671/
Melnicova63224/
Mmillnitz631/
Melnec6213/
Milnic624/
Melnych573/
Melnedz572/
Mglinets53189/
Millnich533/
Millnetz530/
Milnicova506/
Mylnicova501/

Melnits Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melnits in the Russian language
Мельницmelnic-

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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 Melnits
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