How common is the surname Melcher?

4,772 people in the United States had the surname Melcher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,699 Americans. It ranked 7,018th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Melcher?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Melcher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Melcher?

Terry Melcher, American record producer (1942–2004), followed by John Melcher.

Where is the surname Melcher most common?

Wikidata records people named Melcher in the United States.

Is the surname Melcher getting more or less common?

More common. 4,745 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,772 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Melcher

A surname, carried by 4,772 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Melcher is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,772 people named Melcher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,699 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,745.

#7,018

rank among US surnames

4,772

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,585)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,014	Spillman	4,775	64,659
#7,015	Carillo	4,774	64,672
#7,016	Mayle	4,773	64,686
#7,018	Melcher	4,772	64,699

Who is named Melcher

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

93% of people named Melcher identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Melchers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Terry Melcher
American record producer (1942–2004)
John Melcher
American politician (1924-2018)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Melcher

Melcher has the Soundex code M426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M426.

Questions

How common is the surname Melcher?: 4,772 people in the United States had the surname Melcher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,699 Americans. It ranked 7,018th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Melcher?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Melcher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Melcher?: Terry Melcher, American record producer (1942–2004), followed by John Melcher.
Where is the surname Melcher most common?: Wikidata records people named Melcher in the United States.
Is the surname Melcher getting more or less common?: More common. 4,745 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,772 in 2010, up 0.6%.