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    The surname Medellin

    A surname, carried by 6,231 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M345

    Medellin: #5,577 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Medellin #5,577, 6,231 people Medellin: #5,577 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Medellin #5,577, 6,231 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Medellin is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,231 people named Medellin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,550 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,738.

    #5,577
    rank among US surnames
    6,231
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31.5%
    change since 2000 (was #6,599)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,568Schenck6,24549,439
    #5,569Nam6,24449,447
    #5,570Labelle6,24249,463
    #5,572Jacinto6,23849,494
    #5,573Rule6,23649,510
    #5,575Flemming6,23449,526
    #5,576Sellars6,23249,542

    Who is named Medellin

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    92% of people named Medellin identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.2% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Medellin

    Medellin has the Soundex code M345, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M345.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Medellin?
    6,231 people in the United States had the surname Medellin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,550 Americans. It ranked 5,577th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Medellin?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Medellin identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Medellin getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,738 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,231 in 2010, up 32%.