How common is the surname Melby?

2,762 people in the United States had the surname Melby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,783 Americans. It ranked 11,411th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Melby?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Melby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Melby getting more or less common?

More common. 2,527 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,762 in 2010, up 9.3%.

The surname Melby

A surname, carried by 2,762 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Melby is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,762 people named Melby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,783 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,527.

#11,411

rank among US surnames

2,762

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+9.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,437)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,404	Cremeans	2,765	111,662
#11,408	Courter	2,764	111,702
#11,409	Hage	2,763	111,743
#11,411	Hallberg	2,762	111,783
#11,414	Brummer	2,761	111,824
#11,415	Schober	2,760	111,864

Who is named Melby

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

95% of people named Melby identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Melby

Milby

Melby has the Soundex code M410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M410.

Questions

How common is the surname Melby?: 2,762 people in the United States had the surname Melby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,783 Americans. It ranked 11,411th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Melby?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Melby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Melby getting more or less common?: More common. 2,527 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,762 in 2010, up 9.3%.