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    The surname Mele

    A surname, carried by 4,165 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M400

    Mele: #7,944 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mele #7,944, 4,165 people Mele: #7,944 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mele #7,944, 4,165 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mele is more common than 95.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,165 people named Mele in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,129 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,026.

    #7,944
    rank among US surnames
    4,165
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #7,613)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,939Rutland4,16874,075
    #7,940Waddle4,16774,093
    #7,942Wirtz4,16674,111
    #7,944Mele4,16574,129
    #7,947Czarnecki4,16474,146
    #7,950Alleyne4,16374,164

    Who is named Mele

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

    92% of people named Mele identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Meles

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Santiago Mele
      Association football player, born 1997
    • Rosita Melo
      Argentine musician and writer, 1897–1981

    Notable Meles come mostly from Uruguay (1) and Argentina (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mele

    Mele has the Soundex code M400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Mele?
    4,165 people in the United States had the surname Mele in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,129 Americans. It ranked 7,944th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mele?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Mele identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Mele?
    Santiago Mele, association football player, followed by Rosita Melo.
    Where is the surname Mele most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mele in Uruguay and Argentina.
    Is the surname Mele getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,026 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,165 in 2010, up 3.5%.