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    The surname Melero

    A surname, carried by 1,627 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M460

    Melero: #17,359 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Melero #17,359, 1,627 people Melero: #17,359 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Melero #17,359, 1,627 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Melero is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,627 people named Melero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,764 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,246.

    #17,359
    rank among US surnames
    1,627
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.6%
    change since 2000 (was #19,942)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,356Hunte1,628189,647
    #17,359Tussey1,627189,764
    #17,367Safi1,626189,880

    Who is named Melero

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

    93% of people named Melero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, 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 Melero

    Melero has the Soundex code M460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M460.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Melero?
    1,627 people in the United States had the surname Melero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,764 Americans. It ranked 17,359th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Melero?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Melero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Melero getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,246 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,627 in 2010, up 31%.