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    The surname Melikyan

    An Armenian surname, carried by 338 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M425

    Melikyan: #59,742 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Melikyan #59,742, 338 people Melikyan: #59,742 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Melikyan #59,742, 338 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Melikyan is more common than 63.2% of them.

    Origin

    Armenian origin

    Borrowed from Armenian Մելիքյան (Melikʻyan).

    One of 47 Armenian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 338 people named Melikyan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 913,448 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 244.

    #59,742
    rank among US surnames
    338
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +38.5%
    change since 2000 (was #73,931)

    Who is named Melikyan

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    93% of people named Melikyan identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 6.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Melikyans

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Arsen Melikyan
      Armenian weightlifter, born 1976
    • Natalya Melik Melikyan
      Armenian docent (1906-1989)
    • Yegishe Melikyan
      Armenian footballer, born 1979
    • Spiridon Melikyan
      Armenian composer and conductor (1880-1933)
    • Romanos Melikian
      Armenian composer (1883–1935)

    Notable Melikyans come mostly from Armenia (3), Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1) and the Soviet Union (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Melikian

    Melikyan has the Soundex code M425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M425.

    Other Armenian surnames

    All 47 Armenian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Melikyan come from?
    Borrowed from Armenian Մելիքյան (Melikʻyan).
    How common is the surname Melikyan?
    338 people in the United States had the surname Melikyan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 913,448 Americans. It ranked 59,742nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Melikyan?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Melikyan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Melikyan?
    Arsen Melikyan, Armenian weightlifter, followed by Natalya Melik Melikyan.
    Where is the surname Melikyan most common?
    Wikidata records people named Melikyan in Armenia, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Soviet Union.
    Is the surname Melikyan getting more or less common?
    More common. 244 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 338 in 2010, up 39%.
    What are other spellings of Melikyan?
    Melikian.