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The MELODY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 839 27128 0 3
United States (1880 census) 320 13616 0.001 6
Change since 1880 +519 -13512 +N/A -3
Other Countries
Australia 34 34299 0 2
United Kingdom 310 12468 0.001 7
Top States for MELODY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Illinois 109 10782 0.001 9
California 106 19738 0.000 3
Florida 60 24077 0.000 4
Massachusetts 53 13038 0.001 8
New York 44 35691 0.000 2
Top States for MELODY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Delaware 12 9589 0.002 15
Connecticut 37 11132 0.001 11
Idaho 13 11462 0.001 10
Illinois 109 10782 0.001 9
Massachusetts 53 13038 0.001 8

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MELODY live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MELODY represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MELODY in Illinois than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MELODY by picking someone at random in Delaware than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MELODY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MELODY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the MELODY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MELODY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 778 92.73
Black/African American 20 2.38
White (Hispanic) 18 2.15
Mixed Race 15 1.79
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MELODY surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of MELODY in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of MELODY.

Similar names to MELODY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MELODY.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for MELODY

The following words are slight variants of MELODY that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.