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    The surname Melena

    A surname, carried by 1,177 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M450

    Melena: #22,026 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Melena #22,026, 1,177 people Melena: #22,026 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Melena #22,026, 1,177 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Melena is more common than 86.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,177 people named Melena in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 262,316 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 861.

    #22,026
    rank among US surnames
    1,177
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +36.7%
    change since 2000 (was #26,614)

    Who is named Melena

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

    85% of people named Melena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 13% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85%
    • White (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    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

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    Surnames that sound like Melena

    Melena has the Soundex code M450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M450.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Melena?
    1,177 people in the United States had the surname Melena in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,316 Americans. It ranked 22,026th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Melena?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Melena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Melena getting more or less common?
    More common. 861 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,177 in 2010, up 37%.