# Meli (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/meli/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,910 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,355 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 161,647 people |
| Change since 2000 | +28% (1,496 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Meli.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Meli in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Meli in Argentina.

## People named Meli

- Marcelo Meli, Argentine footballer

## Similar surnames

Mello, Melo, Mele, Mehl, Melia, Meola, Mell, Mealy, Meloy, Malloy, Mull, Miley.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.