# Mele (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mele/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,165 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,944 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 74,129 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (4,026 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mele in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mele in Uruguay and Argentina.

## People named Mele

- Santiago Mele, association football player
- Rosita Melo, Argentine musician and writer

## Similar surnames

Mello, Melo, Miele, Mehl, Melia, Meli, Mealey, Male, Meola, Mole, Mell, Mule.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.