How common is the surname Melnik?

1,689 people in the United States had the surname Melnik in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,798 Americans. It ranked 16,876th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Melnik?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Melnik identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Melnik getting more or less common?

More common. 1,410 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,689 in 2010, up 20%.

The surname Melnik

A surname, carried by 1,689 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Melnik is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

From Belarusian Мельнік (Mjelʹnik) or Russian Мельник (Melʹnik).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,689 people named Melnik in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 182,798 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,410.

#16,876

rank among US surnames

1,689

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+19.8%

change since 2000 (was #18,196)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,868	Chmiel	1,690	182,690
#16,876	Melnik	1,689	182,798
#16,881	Locher	1,688	182,906

Who is named Melnik

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

96% of people named Melnik identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Melnick

Surnames that sound like Melnik

Melnik has the Soundex code M452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M452.

Questions

Where does the surname Melnik come from?: From Belarusian Мельнік (Mjelʹnik) or Russian Мельник (Melʹnik).
How common is the surname Melnik?: 1,689 people in the United States had the surname Melnik in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,798 Americans. It ranked 16,876th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Melnik?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Melnik identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Melnik getting more or less common?: More common. 1,410 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,689 in 2010, up 20%.
What are other spellings of Melnik?: Melnick.