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    The surname Melanson

    A surname, carried by 4,608 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M452

    Melanson: #7,238 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Melanson #7,238, 4,608 people Melanson: #7,238 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Melanson #7,238, 4,608 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Melanson is more common than 95.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,608 people named Melanson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,002 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,539.

    #7,238
    rank among US surnames
    4,608
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #6,829)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,229Swindell4,61866,857
    #7,230Charbonneau4,61766,871
    #7,232Gordillo4,61666,886
    #7,234Bybee4,61466,915
    #7,235Gast4,61266,944
    #7,236Dufresne4,61166,958
    #7,237Hudgens4,60966,988

    Who is named Melanson

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

    93% of people named Melanson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Melanson

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Melanson?
    4,608 people in the United States had the surname Melanson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,002 Americans. It ranked 7,238th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Melanson?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Melanson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Melanson getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,539 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,608 in 2010, up 1.5%.