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    The surname Mellon

    A patronymic surname, carried by 4,628 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M450

    Mellon: #7,211 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mellon #7,211, 4,628 people Mellon: #7,211 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mellon #7,211, 4,628 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mellon is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    * As a Northern Irish surname, from Ó Mealláin (“descendant of Meallán”), a name formed from a diminutive of meall (“pleasant”). * As an English surname, of Norman origin, from Meulan in Seine-et-Oise. * As a Dutch surname, named after a place name Millun bij Keulen.

    Mellon is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,628 people named Mellon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,713 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,404.

    #7,211
    rank among US surnames
    4,628
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #7,018)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,207Millet4,63166,669
    #7,209Mendieta4,63066,684
    #7,210Luker4,62966,698
    #7,211Eckstein4,62866,713

    Who is named Mellon

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

    91% of people named Mellon identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mellon

    Mellon has the Soundex code M450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M450.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mellon come from?
    * As a Northern Irish surname, from Ó Mealláin (“descendant of Meallán”), a name formed from a diminutive of meall (“pleasant”). * As an English surname, of Norman origin, from Meulan in Seine-et-Oise. * As a Dutch surname, named after a place name Millun bij Keulen.
    How common is the surname Mellon?
    4,628 people in the United States had the surname Mellon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,713 Americans. It ranked 7,211th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mellon?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Mellon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Mellon?
    Mellon is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Mellon getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,404 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,628 in 2010, up 5.1%.