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    The surname Meli

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,910 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M400

    Meli: #15,355 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Meli #15,355, 1,910 people Meli: #15,355 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Meli #15,355, 1,910 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meli is more common than 90.5% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Meli.

    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 1,910 people named Meli in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,647 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,496.

    #15,355
    rank among US surnames
    1,910
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +27.7%
    change since 2000 (was #17,395)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,347McMiller1,911161,562
    #15,355Lisi1,910161,647
    #15,363Delany1,909161,732

    Who is named Meli

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

    90% of people named Meli identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Melis

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Marcelo Meli
      Argentine footballer, born 1992

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Meli

    Meli has the Soundex code M400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M400.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Meli come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Meli.
    How common is the surname Meli?
    1,910 people in the United States had the surname Meli in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,647 Americans. It ranked 15,355th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Meli?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Meli identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Meli?
    Marcelo Meli, Argentine footballer.
    Where is the surname Meli most common?
    Wikidata records people named Meli in Argentina.
    Is the surname Meli getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,496 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,910 in 2010, up 28%.