The MELFI surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	1,029	23152	0	4
United States (1880 census)	4	102617	0	0
Change since 1880	+1025	+79465	+N/A	+N/A
Other Countries
Australia	35	33856	0	2
United Kingdom	25	28041	0	1

Top States for MELFI by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New York	288	6091	0.002	15
Florida	103	15173	0.001	6
New Jersey	100	8831	0.001	12
Ohio	83	14039	0.001	7
Pennsylvania	79	16404	0.001	6
Top States for MELFI by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Rhode Island	40	3624	0.004	38
Connecticut	54	7662	0.002	16
New York	288	6091	0.002	15
New Jersey	100	8831	0.001	12
Ohio	83	14039	0.001	7

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'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 MELFI live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MELFI represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MELFI in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MELFI by picking someone at random in Rhode Island than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MELFI

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Italy

Language of origin: Italian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MELFI 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.

Ethnic distribution of MELFI in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Caucasian)	980	95.24
White (Hispanic)	19	1.85
Mixed Race	18	1.75
Black/African American	7	0.68
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 MELFI surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to MELFI

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MELFI.

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.