Melkonian

surname · Latin script

Meaning: patronymic from the personal name Mel’kon, Armenian form of Melchior

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˌmɛɫˈkoʊniən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Melkonian is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 354K(measured from records)
  • LBLebanon≈1 in 64K
  • CYCyprus≈1 in 84K

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 Melkonian 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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈5,500 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
219 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 64K (inferred from the name graph)

Lebanon, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MelkonianLatin(measured from records)
მელკონიანGeorgian(measured from records)

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)

patronymic from the personal name Mel’kon, Armenian form of Melchior.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Melkonian 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 Melkonian is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈5,500 est.≈1 in 253K—Melkonian1
US United States9391 in 354K976Melkonian219
EG Egypt≈400 est.≈1 in 261K—Melkonian8
FR France≈390 est.≈1 in 174K38—3
GB United Kingdom≈180 est.≈1 in 365K—Melkonian40
LB Lebanon≈85 est.≈1 in 64K—Melkonian4
IE Ireland≈45 est.≈1 in 115K—Melkonian1
GE Georgia26as მელკონიან1 in 154K26Melkonian8
CY Cyprus≈15 est.≈1 in 84K—Melkonian4

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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Melkonian is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian surname22 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, United States, France

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Armenian

    Also written Мелконян, Melkonyan, Мельконьян, Melkonjan, Melk̕onyan

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Melkoni︠a︡n

  • Greek surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Greece, United States

    Also written Μελκονιαν, Μελκονιάν

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Melkonian is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Breton, rendre ou devenir mélancolique

    as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Melkonian,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Melkonian
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020976#26,353
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010939#26,086
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000848#26,924
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198147—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195144—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193144—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199138—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197138—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196136—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194130—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192128—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

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 Melkonian mean, and where does it come from?
patronymic from the personal name Mel’kon, Armenian form of Melchior. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Melkonian?
A machine transcription gives /ˌmɛɫˈkoʊniən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Melkonian have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 5.5 thousand people named Melkonian in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled melkonian.
How common is the name Melkonian?
In the United States, the national register counted 939 people named Melkonian in 2010, about 1 in 354 thousand residents.

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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, “Melkonian”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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