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    The surname Melecio

    A Spanish surname, carried by 1,143 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M420

    Melecio: #22,503 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Melecio #22,503, 1,143 people Melecio: #22,503 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Melecio #22,503, 1,143 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Melecio is more common than 86.1% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Melecio.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,143 people named Melecio in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 270,119 Americans. That is up 51% since 2000, when the Census counted 759.

    #22,503
    rank among US surnames
    1,143
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +50.6%
    change since 2000 (was #29,359)

    Who is named Melecio

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

    93% of people named Melecio identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Melesio

    Surnames that sound like Melecio

    Melecio has the Soundex code M420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M420.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Melecio come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Melecio.
    How common is the surname Melecio?
    1,143 people in the United States had the surname Melecio in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 270,119 Americans. It ranked 22,503rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Melecio?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Melecio identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Melecio getting more or less common?
    More common. 759 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,143 in 2010, up 51%.
    What are other spellings of Melecio?
    Melesio.