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    The surname Melara

    A surname, carried by 3,157 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M460

    Melara: #10,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Melara #10,204, 3,157 people Melara: #10,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Melara #10,204, 3,157 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Melara is more common than 93.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,157 people named Melara in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,797 Americans. That is up 56% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,020.

    #10,204
    rank among US surnames
    3,157
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +56.3%
    change since 2000 (was #13,755)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,197Garr3,16097,704
    #10,199Swint3,15997,735
    #10,200Hunsinger3,15897,766
    #10,204Thakkar3,15797,797
    #10,211Broadus3,15697,828

    Who is named Melara

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

    90% of people named Melara identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Melara

    Melara has the Soundex code M460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M460.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Melara?
    3,157 people in the United States had the surname Melara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,797 Americans. It ranked 10,204th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Melara?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Melara identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Melara getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,020 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,157 in 2010, up 56%.