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    The surname Melancon

    A surname, carried by 6,496 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M452

    Melancon: #5,360 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Melancon #5,360, 6,496 people Melancon: #5,360 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Melancon #5,360, 6,496 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Melancon is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    From French Melançon.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,496 people named Melancon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,529 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,258.

    #5,360
    rank among US surnames
    6,496
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,144)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,355Ruble6,50347,477
    #5,356Doane6,50147,492
    #5,359Wyant6,49847,514
    #5,360Melancon6,49647,529
    #5,361Donnell6,49447,543

    Who is named Melancon

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

    83% of people named Melancon identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Melancons

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mark Melancon
      American professional baseball player, born 1985
    • Charlie Melancon
      American politician, born 1947

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Melancon

    Melancon has the Soundex code M452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M452.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Melancon come from?
    From French Melançon.
    How common is the surname Melancon?
    6,496 people in the United States had the surname Melancon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,529 Americans. It ranked 5,360th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Melancon?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Melancon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Melancon?
    Mark Melancon, American professional baseball player, followed by Charlie Melancon.
    Where is the surname Melancon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Melancon in the United States.
    Is the surname Melancon getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,258 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,496 in 2010, up 3.8%.