The surname Melchor
A surname, carried by 8,319 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M426
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 8,319 people named Melchor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,113 Americans. That is up 51% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,498.
Who is named Melchor
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
88% of people named Melchor identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 3.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
- Two or more races 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Melchor 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 Melchor?
- 8,319 people in the United States had the surname Melchor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,113 Americans. It ranked 4,269th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Melchor?
- In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Melchor identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.9% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Melchor getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,319 in 2010, up 51%.