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    The surname Melendrez

    A surname, carried by 4,703 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M453

    Melendrez: #7,113 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Melendrez #7,113, 4,703 people Melendrez: #7,113 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Melendrez #7,113, 4,703 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Melendrez is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,703 people named Melendrez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,649 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,544.

    #7,113
    rank among US surnames
    4,703
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +32.7%
    change since 2000 (was #8,560)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,109Labonte4,70665,607
    #7,110Mattern4,70565,621
    #7,112Villalta4,70465,635
    #7,113Rusch4,70365,649

    Who is named Melendrez

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

    91% of people named Melendrez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, 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 Melendrez

    Melendrez has the Soundex code M453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M453.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Melendrez?
    4,703 people in the United States had the surname Melendrez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,649 Americans. It ranked 7,113th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Melendrez?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Melendrez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Melendrez getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,544 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,703 in 2010, up 33%.