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    The surname Mello

    An Italian surname, carried by 11,670 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M400

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mello is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian and Portuguese Mello.

    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 11,670 people named Mello in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,456 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,263.

    #3,076
    rank among US surnames
    11,670
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,934)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,067Brice11,69726,395
    #3,068Finnegan11,69526,400
    #3,069Soares11,69426,402
    #3,070Godoy11,69026,411
    #3,071Carl11,68926,413
    #3,072Hildebrand11,68726,418
    #3,073Merino11,68426,425

    Who is named Mello

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

    90% of people named Mello identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.6%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mellos

    11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Craig Mello
      American biologist, born 1960
    • Ricardo Mello
      Brazilian tennis player, born 1980
    • Selton Mello
      Brazilian actor, born 1972
    • Sheila Mello
      Brazilian dancer, actress and model, born 1978
    • Tamara Mello
      American actress, born 1976
    • Ingeborg Mello
      Argentine shot putter and discus thrower (1919–2009)
    • Breno Mello
      Brazilian footballer and manager (1931–2008)
    • Zélia Cardoso de Mello
      Brazilian politician, born 1953
    • Danton Mello
      Brazilian actor, born 1975
    • Luciana Mello
      Brazilian singer, born 1979
    • Roger Mello
      Brazilian writer, born 1965

    Notable Mellos come mostly from Brazil (8), the United States (2) and Argentina (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mello

    Mello has the Soundex code M400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M400.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mello come from?
    Borrowed from Italian and Portuguese Mello.
    How common is the surname Mello?
    11,670 people in the United States had the surname Mello in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,456 Americans. It ranked 3,076th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mello?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Mello identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Mello?
    Craig Mello, American biologist, followed by Ricardo Mello.
    Where is the surname Mello most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mello in Brazil, the United States and Argentina.
    Is the surname Mello getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,263 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,670 in 2010, up 3.6%.