How common is the surname Melius?

1,148 people in the United States had the surname Melius in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 268,942 Americans. It ranked 22,421st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Melius?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Melius identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Melius getting more or less common?

More common. 1,132 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,148 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Melius

A surname, carried by 1,148 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Melius is more common than 86.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,148 people named Melius in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 268,942 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,132.

#22,421

rank among US surnames

1,148

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #21,510)

Who is named Melius

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

92% of people named Melius identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Melius

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

Questions

How common is the surname Melius?: 1,148 people in the United States had the surname Melius in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 268,942 Americans. It ranked 22,421st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Melius?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Melius identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Melius getting more or less common?: More common. 1,132 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,148 in 2010, up 1.4%.