The surname Melgar
A Spanish surname, carried by 9,106 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M426
Origin
Spanish origin
From Spanish, usually a common Guatemalan surname.
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 9,106 people named Melgar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,906 Americans. That is up 72% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,303.
Who is named Melgar
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Melgar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
- Two or more races 0.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Melgar has the Soundex code M426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M426.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Melgar come from?
- From Spanish, usually a common Guatemalan surname.
- How common is the surname Melgar?
- 9,106 people in the United States had the surname Melgar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,906 Americans. It ranked 3,897th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Melgar?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Melgar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.9% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Melgar getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,303 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,106 in 2010, up 72%.