The surname Melgarejo
A Spanish surname, carried by 1,822 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex M426
Origin
Spanish origin
A surname from Spanish.
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 1,822 people named Melgarejo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,454 Americans. That is up 71% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,066.
Who is named Melgarejo
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Melgarejo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 4.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Melgarejo
Melgarejo 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 Melgarejo come from?
- Melgarejo is Spanish in origin.
- How common is the surname Melgarejo?
- 1,822 people in the United States had the surname Melgarejo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,454 Americans. It ranked 15,947th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Melgarejo?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Melgarejo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Melgarejo getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,066 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,822 in 2010, up 71%.