How common is the surname Melillo?

2,757 people in the United States had the surname Melillo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,986 Americans. It ranked 11,428th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Melillo?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Melillo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Melillo getting more or less common?

More common. 2,601 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,757 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Melillo

An Italian surname, carried by 2,757 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M440

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Melillo is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Melillo.

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 2,757 people named Melillo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,986 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,601.

#11,428

rank among US surnames

2,757

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #11,184)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,420	Polzin	2,759	111,905
#11,423	Greig	2,758	111,945
#11,428	Popa	2,757	111,986
#11,430	Eshelman	2,756	112,027
#11,436	Bovee	2,754	112,108

Who is named Melillo

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

95% of people named Melillo identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Two or more races 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Melillo come from?: Borrowed from Italian Melillo.
How common is the surname Melillo?: 2,757 people in the United States had the surname Melillo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,986 Americans. It ranked 11,428th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Melillo?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Melillo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Melillo getting more or less common?: More common. 2,601 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,757 in 2010, up 6.0%.