Melnitskaya Surname

758,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 377 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Melnitskaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Melnitskaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia3001:480,41044,701
Belarus371:256,78530,179
Kazakhstan321:552,57839,450
Kyrgyzstan61:995,44257,680
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Melnitskaya Last Name Facts

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

Melnitskaya (Russian: Мельницкая) is held by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Melnitskaya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 758,524th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 19,330,361 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Melnitskaya live; 69 percent live in Eastern Europe and 69 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Russia, where it is borne by 300 people, or 1 in 480,410. In Russia it is primarily found in: Moscow, where 22 percent are found, Saint Petersburg, where 11 percent are found and Autonomous Republic of Crimea, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Russia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 10 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 8 percent are found.

Melnitskaya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Melnitskaya last name is principally Orthodox (93%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (94%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Melnitskaya last name are 30.5% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 77.27% registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Melnitskaya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melnitskaya in the Russian language
Мельницкаяmelnickaa-

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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 Melnitskaya
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