Melnyk
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈmɛɫnɪk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Melnyk is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ukraine than in any other country, where it is the most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Ukrainian Мельник (Melʹnyk).
- UAUkraine≈1 in 337as Мельник(inferred from the name graph)
- RURussia≈1 in 3.3Kas Мельник
- BYBelarus≈1 in 3.4Kas Мельник
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 Melnyk 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.
- Ukraine (inferred from the name graph)
- #711 (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 260 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈130,000 named Мельник, est.
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Poland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Мельник in UA Ukraine, RU Russia, BY Belarus and 2 more and מלניק in PL Poland.
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)
From Ukrainian Мельник (Melʹnyk).
Sources 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wiktionary
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Melnyk 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA Ukraine | #1 | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 337 | — | Мельник | 105 |
| RU Russia | #272 | ≈43,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.3K | — | Мельник | 166 |
| PL Poland | — | 13,699 | 1 in 2.8K | 7.3K | מלניק | 5 |
| CN China | — | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 110K | — | Мельник | 4 |
| US United States | — | 2,864as Melnick | 1 in 116K | 2.9K | Melnyk | 260 |
| BY Belarus | #97 | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 3.4K | — | Мельник | 27 |
| FI Finland | — | 538 | 1 in 10K | 538 | Мельник | 2 |
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 2000; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); 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)
- Andriy Melnykb. 1890UAUkrainian military officer and politician (1890–1964)
- Mykhailo Melnykb. 1944UAUkrainian historian, poet, and human rights activist
- Faina Melnykb. 1945RUSoviet discus thrower
- Lubomyr Melnykb. 1948CAUkrainian musician and composer
- Mykola Melnykb. 1953UAHero of the Soviet Union (1953–2013)
- Anatoliĭ Melʹnykb. 1953UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian painter
- Aleksandr Melnikb. 1958RUnot in their usual nameRussian film director (1958-2021)
- Eugene Melnykb. 1959CACanadian sports businessman
- Andrii Melnykb. 1975UAUkrainian diplomat
- Iryna Merlenib. 1982UAnot in their usual nameOlympic wrestler
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 35 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 7.3K | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 7.3K | #228 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 6.4K | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 6.4K | #278 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.8K | #15,568 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.5K | #18,478 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.2K | #20,916 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 538 | #3,237 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
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 Melnyk mean, and where does it come from?
- From Ukrainian Мельник (Melʹnyk). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Melnyk?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈmɛɫnɪk/ (IPA) for Ukrainian.
- In which country does Melnyk have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 130 thousand people named Мельник in Ukraine, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Melnyk most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Melnyk is densest in Poland — about 1 in 2.8 thousand people — even though Ukraine holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Melnyk?
- In Poland, the national register counted 13,699 people named Melnyk in 2026, about 1 in 2.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Melnyk compared with other names?
- In Ukraine, Melnyk is the most common surname of 1,177,784 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Melnyk?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/melnykThe 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, “Melnyk” — the most common surname in Ukraine. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.