Melnikova
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Melnikova is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the 87th most common surname.
- BYBelarus≈1 in 1.1Kas Мельникова(inferred from the name graph)
- RURussia≈1 in 1.5Kas Мельникова
- UAUkraine≈1 in 5.3Kas Мельникова
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 Melnikova 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.
- Russia (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 170 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)
≈95,000 named Мельникова, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
3 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Мельникова in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 4 more.
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
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Melnikova 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | #87 | ≈95,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Мельникова | 170 |
| BY Belarus | #47 | ≈8,900 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Мельникова | 27 |
| UA Ukraine | #330 | ≈8,300 est. | ≈1 in 5.3K | — | Мельникова | 53 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | #272 | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 5.7K | — | Мельникова | 41 |
| UZ Uzbekistan | — | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Мельникова | 8 |
| KG Kyrgyzstan | — | ≈440 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Мельникова | 12 |
| FI Finland | — | 156 | 1 in 36K | 156 | Мельникова | 3 |
| EE Estonia | #813 | ≈82 est. | ≈1 in 15K | listed | Melnikova | 12 |
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: DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)
- Tamara Melnikovab. 1940RURussian historian
- Lyudmila M. Melnikovab. 1944RURussian (Soviet) palaeontologist
- Valentina Melnikovab. 1946RURussian human rights activist
- Tamara Pilshchikovab. 1946RUnot in their usual nameRussian bicycle racer
- Irina Melnikovab. 1950badminton player
- Svetlana Melnikovab. 1951RUSoviet shot putter and discus thrower
- Antonina Melnikovab. 1958BYSoviet canoe racer
- Marina Melnikovab. 1989RURussian female tennis player
- Darya Melnikovab. 1992RURussian actress (born 1992)
- Angelina Melnikovab. 2000RURussian artistic gymnast
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 20 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 156 | #9,059 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 28 | — |
Reference works 1
- 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
- In which country does Melnikova have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 95 thousand people named Мельникова in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Melnikova?
- In Finland, the national register counted 156 people named Melnikova, about 1 in 36 thousand residents.
- How common is Melnikova compared with other names?
- In Russia, Melnikova is the 87th most common surname of 1,952,411 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/melnikovaThe 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, “Melnikova” — the 87th most common surname in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.