The Melnyk surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,496 people carried this name — #18,478 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 196,100 people counted. That is up 28% from 1,173 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Melnyk surname
From Ukrainian Мельник (Melʹnyk).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Melnyk» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
449 people named Melnyk have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 13,704 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
229 people named Melnyk live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 99 people named Melnyk live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 83 people named Melnyk.
33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 77 people named Melnyk live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
51 people named Melnyk is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Melnyk in American newspapers,
1897–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 229 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Melnyk,
with a public archive behind them.
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Kateryna Antonovych-Melnyk 1859–1942 · archaeologist -
Andriy Melnyk 1890–1964 · politician -
Mykola Matiiv-Melnyk 1890–1947 · writer -
Vasyl Limnychenko 1899–1949 · writer -
Kindrat Melnyk 1900–1971 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 50 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Melnyk.
- Mellinger 3,818 · U.S. census
- Mellion 206 · U.S. census
- Mello 11,670 · U.S. census
- Mellon 4,628 · U.S. census
- Melloni 148 · U.S. census
- Melly 213 · U.S. census
- Melo 9,731 · U.S. census
- Melon 363 · U.S. census
- Melone 1,432 · U.S. census
- Meloni 698 · U.S. census
- Melot 236 · U.S. census
- Melotte 180 · U.S. census
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