# Melo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/melo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,731 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,655 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 31,728 people |
| Change since 2000 | +44% (6,743 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Melo 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) | 44% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 52% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Melo in Brazil.

## People named Melo

- Arthur Melo, Brazilian association football player
- Felipe Melo, Brazilian association football player
- Gilberto da Silva Melo, Brazilian association football player
- Marcelo Melo, Brazilian tennis player (born 1983)
- Fab Melo, Brazilian basketball player (1990–2017)
- Jaime Melo, Brazilian racecar driver
- Antônia Melo, Brazilian environmental activist
- Daniel Melo, Brazilian tennis player (born 1977)
- Patrícia Melo, Brazilian writer
- Luís Melo, actor
- Eliziane Gama, Brazilian politician and journalist

## Similar surnames

Mello, Mele, Mehl, Milo, Melia, Malo, Meli, Meola, Mell, Mealy, Meloy, Mowell.

## 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.