How common is the surname Melfi?

1,039 people in the United States had the surname Melfi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 297,156 Americans. It ranked 24,186th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Melfi?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Melfi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Melfi?

Theodore Melfi, American film director.

Where is the surname Melfi most common?

Wikidata records people named Melfi in the United States.

Is the surname Melfi getting more or less common?

More common. 1,029 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,039 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Melfi

An Italian surname, carried by 1,039 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Melfi is more common than 85.1% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Melfi.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,039 people named Melfi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 297,156 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,029.

#24,186

rank among US surnames

1,039

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #23,152)

Who is named Melfi

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

95% of people named Melfi identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Melfis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Theodore Melfi
American film director, born 1970

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Melfi come from?: Borrowed from Italian Melfi.
How common is the surname Melfi?: 1,039 people in the United States had the surname Melfi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 297,156 Americans. It ranked 24,186th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Melfi?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Melfi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Melfi?: Theodore Melfi, American film director.
Where is the surname Melfi most common?: Wikidata records people named Melfi in the United States.
Is the surname Melfi getting more or less common?: More common. 1,029 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,039 in 2010, up 1.0%.