The MELO surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	6,743	4782	0.002	25
United States (1880 census)	32	61681	0	1
Change since 1880	+6711	+56899	+N/A	+24
Other Countries
Australia	39	31136	0	2
United Kingdom	0			0

Top States for MELO by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Massachusetts	1,802	456	0.028	284
California	997	3191	0.003	29
Florida	868	2432	0.005	54
New York	648	3066	0.003	34
New Jersey	398	2427	0.005	47
Top States for MELO by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Rhode Island	318	390	0.030	303
Massachusetts	1,802	456	0.028	284
Florida	868	2432	0.005	54
Connecticut	175	2652	0.005	51
New Jersey	398	2427	0.005	47

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

Classification and Origin of MELO

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Spain

Language of origin: Spanish

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MELO 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 MELO 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 MELO in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	324	4.8
Asian/Pacific	165	2.45
Black/African American	28	0.42
Native American/Alaskan	13	0.19
White (Caucasian)	3,103	46.02
White (Hispanic)	3,110	46.12

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

Similar names to MELO

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MELO.

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.