Melnjak Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Melnjak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 230 | 1:18,385 | 3,774 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Melnjak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melnjak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melnjak is borne by more people in Croatia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Melnjak? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,028,911th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Melnjak are found; 94 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 94 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
Melnjak is most frequent in Croatia, where it is borne by 230 people, or 1 in 18,385. In Croatia it is primarily found in: Varaždin County, where 63 percent are found, Sisak-Moslavina County, where 33 percent are found and Zagreb County, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Croatia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 4 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melniak | 86 | 6 | / |
| Melnyak | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mielniak | 80 | 2 | / |
| Melnyák | 71 | 7 | / |
| Melnyakova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mlyncak | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mlynchak | 67 | 14 | / |
| Milnyakova | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mlyncok | 57 | 2 | / |
| Mlenzaug | 53 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Melnjak
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