Melikyan
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/mɛɫikiən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Melikyan 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).
- 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 Melikyan 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)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 131 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 272K (inferred from the name graph)
≈8,400 named Մելիքյան, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Cyprus, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Меликян in RU Russia, CN China, BY Belarus, 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 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Melikyan 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM Armenia | #65 | ≈8,400 est. | ≈1 in 361 | — | Մելիքյան | 48 |
| RU Russia | — | ≈6,000 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Меликян | 131 |
| CN China | — | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 1.9M | — | Меликян | 2 |
| US United States | — | 564as Melikian | 1 in 590K | 564 | Melikyan | 126 |
| UA Ukraine | — | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 157K | — | Мелікян | 25 |
| ES Spain | — | 53 | 1 in 944K | 53 | Melikyan | 16 |
| BY Belarus | — | ≈27 est. | ≈1 in 355K | — | Меликян | 10 |
| CY Cyprus | — | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 272K | — | Melikyan | 5 |
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; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). 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)
- Spiridon Melikyanb. 1880AMArmenian composer and conductor (1880-1933)
- Romanos Melikianb. 1883RUnot in their usual nameArmenian composer (1883–1935)
- Natalya Melik Melikyanb. 1906AMArmenian docent (1906-1989)
- Papken Melikianb. 1960AMnot in their usual nameArmenian-Lebanese football player and coach
- Gagik Melikyanb. 1960AMArmenian politician
- Vahagn Melikianb. 1967AMnot in their usual nameArmenian diplomat
- Arsen Melikyanb. 1976AMArmenian weightlifter
- Anna Melikianb. 1976RUnot in their usual nameRussian Armenian film director, producer & screenwriter
- Yegishe Melikyanb. 1979AMArmenian footballer
- Hayk Melikyanb. 1980AMArmenian classical pianist
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 441 | #51,084 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 338 | #59,742 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 244 | #73,931 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 53 | #43,020 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 53 | #42,563 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
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 Melikyan mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Armenian Մելիքյան (Melikʿyan). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Melikyan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 8.4 thousand people named Մելիքյան in Armenia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How do you pronounce Melikyan?
- A machine transcription gives /mɛɫikiən/ (IPA) for Armenian.
- How common is the name Melikyan?
- In Spain, the national register counted 53 people named Melikyan, about 1 in 944 thousand residents.
- How common is Melikyan compared with other names?
- In Armenia, Melikyan is the 65th most common surname of 15,931 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/melikyanThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Melikyan” — the 65th most common surname in Armenia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.