# Mello (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mello/  
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 | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,670 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,076 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 26,456 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (11,263 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian and Portuguese Mello.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mello 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mello in Brazil, the United States and Argentina.

## People named Mello

- Craig Mello, American biologist
- Ricardo Mello, Brazilian tennis player
- Selton Mello, Brazilian actor
- Sheila Mello, Brazilian dancer, actress and model
- Tamara Mello, American actress
- Ingeborg Mello, Argentine shot putter and discus thrower (1919–2009)
- Breno Mello, Brazilian footballer and manager (1931–2008)
- Zélia Cardoso de Mello, Brazilian politician
- Danton Mello, Brazilian actor
- Luciana Mello, Brazilian singer
- Roger Mello, Brazilian writer

## Similar surnames

Malloy, Melo, Molloy, Mele, Mehl, Meli, Mulloy, Mallow, Mell, Meloy, Mowell, Mull.

## 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.