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    The surname Melick

    A Dutch surname, carried by 1,092 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M420

    Melick: #23,315 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Melick #23,315, 1,092 people Melick: #23,315 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Melick #23,315, 1,092 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Melick is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    Borrowed from Dutch Melick.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,092 people named Melick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 282,734 Americans. That is down 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,200.

    #23,315
    rank among US surnames
    1,092
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -9%
    change since 2000 (was #20,543)

    Who is named Melick

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

    95% of people named Melick identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Mellick

    Surnames that sound like Melick

    Melick has the Soundex code M420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M420.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Melick come from?
    Borrowed from Dutch Melick.
    How common is the surname Melick?
    1,092 people in the United States had the surname Melick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,734 Americans. It ranked 23,315th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Melick?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Melick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Melick getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,200 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,092 in 2010, down 9.0%.
    What are other spellings of Melick?
    Mellick.