# Melikyan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/melikyan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Armenian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Armenian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 338 |
| US rank (2010) | 59,742 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 913,448 people |
| Change since 2000 | +39% (244 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Melikian |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian Մելիքյան (Melikʻyan).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Melikyan in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 6.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Melikyan in Armenia, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Soviet Union.

## People named Melikyan

- Arsen Melikyan, Armenian weightlifter
- Natalya Melik Melikyan, Armenian docent (1906-1989)
- Yegishe Melikyan, Armenian footballer
- Spiridon Melikyan, Armenian composer and conductor (1880-1933)
- Romanos Melikian, Armenian composer (1883–1935)

## Similar surnames

Milligan, Mulligan, Milliken, Melson, Millican, Malcom, Malagon, Mullikin, Malkin, Mullican, Millikan, Millikin.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.