Melnitsa Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Melnitsa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melnitsa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia601:2,402,051140,927
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271

Melnitsa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Melnitsa (Russian: Мельница) has its highest incidence in Russia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Melnitsa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,352,516th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name Melnitsa occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Melnitsa reside; 88 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 86 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Russia, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 2,402,051. In Russia it is mostly concentrated in: Leningrad Oblast, where 33 percent are found, Moscow, where 12 percent are found and Krasnoyarsk Krai, where 8 percent are found. Barring Russia Melnitsa is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Belarus, where 8 percent are found and Moldova, where 2 percent are found.

Melnitsa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Melnitsa are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Liberal Democratic Party than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Melnitsa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melnitsa in the Russian language
Мельницаmelnica-

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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 Melnitsa
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