How common is the surname Melander?

1,038 people in the United States had the surname Melander in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 297,443 Americans. It ranked 24,201st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Melander?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Melander identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Melander getting more or less common?

More common. 970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,038 in 2010, up 7.0%.

The surname Melander

A surname, carried by 1,038 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Melander is more common than 85.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,038 people named Melander in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 297,443 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 970.

#24,201

rank among US surnames

1,038

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+7%

change since 2000 (was #24,224)

Who is named Melander

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

94% of people named Melander identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
Two or more races 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Melander

Melander has the Soundex code M453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M453.

Questions

How common is the surname Melander?: 1,038 people in the United States had the surname Melander in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 297,443 Americans. It ranked 24,201st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Melander?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Melander identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Melander getting more or less common?: More common. 970 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,038 in 2010, up 7.0%.