Melikjan

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Melikjan is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Armenia than in any other country, where it is the 65th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Armenian Մելիքյան (Melikʿyan).

rarermore common
  • AMArmenia≈1 in 361as Մելիքյան(inferred from the name graph)
  • RURussia≈1 in 23Kas Меликян
  • UAUkraine≈1 in 157Kas Мелікян

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Melikjan itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Armenia (inferred from the name graph)

≈8,400 named Մելիքյան, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
131 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 361 (inferred from the name graph)

Armenia, est., as Մելիքյան

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

МеликянCyrillic(measured from records)
ՄելիքյանArmenian(measured from records)
MelikyanLatin(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Меликян in RU Russia, CN China, BY Belarus, Melikyan in US United States, CY Cyprus, Մելիքյան in AM Armenia and Мелікян in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Armenian Մելիքյան (Melikʿyan).

Sources 1

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Melikjan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Melikjan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AM Armenia#65≈8,400 est.≈1 in 361—Մելիքյան48
RU Russia—≈6,000 est.≈1 in 23K—Меликян131
CN China—≈720 est.≈1 in 1.9M—Меликян2
US United States—564as Melikian1 in 590K564Melikyan126
UA Ukraine—≈280 est.≈1 in 157K—Мелікян25
BY Belarus—≈27 est.≈1 in 355K—Меликян10
CY Cyprus—≈5 est.≈1 in 272K—Melikyan5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Spiridon Melikyan, b. 1880Romanos Melikian, b. 1883Natalya Melik Melikyan, b. 1906Papken Melikian, b. 1960Gagik Melikyan, b. 1960Vahagn Melikian, b. 1967Arsen Melikyan, b. 1976Anna Melikian, b. 1976Yegishe Melikyan, b. 1979Hayk Melikyan, b. 1980

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Melikjan mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Armenian Մելիքյան (Melikʿyan). Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Melikjan have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 8.4 thousand people named Մելիքյան in Armenia, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Melikjan?
In the United States, the national register counted 564 people named Melikian in 2010, about 1 in 590 thousand residents.
How common is Melikjan compared with other names?
In Armenia, Melikjan is the 65th most common surname of 15,931 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Melikjan” — the 65th most common surname in Armenia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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