# Melia (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,509 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,395 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 123,055 people |
| Change since 2000 | +32% (1,898 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Melia 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) | 72% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 23% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Melia in the United States.

## People named Melia

- Tim Melia, American soccer player
- Fulvio Melia, American physicist

## Similar surnames

Melo, Mele, Mehl, Meli, Meola, Mell, Malloy, Mello, Mull, Miley, Moll, Molloy.

## 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.