How common is the surname Melone?

1,432 people in the United States had the surname Melone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,604 Americans. It ranked 19,019th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Melone?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Melone identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Melone?

Lil Suzy, American recording artist, singer.

Where is the surname Melone most common?

Wikidata records people named Melone in the United States.

Is the surname Melone getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,432 in 2010, down 14%.

The surname Melone

A surname, carried by 1,432 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Melone is more common than 88.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,432 people named Melone in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 215,604 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,655.

#19,019

rank among US surnames

1,432

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-13.5%

change since 2000 (was #16,087)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,012	McGuffey	1,433	215,454
#19,019	Whitty	1,432	215,604
#19,027	Euceda	1,431	215,755

Who is named Melone

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

93% of people named Melone identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Melones

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lil Suzy
American recording artist, singer, born 1979

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Melone

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

Questions

How common is the surname Melone?: 1,432 people in the United States had the surname Melone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,604 Americans. It ranked 19,019th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Melone?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Melone identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Melone?: Lil Suzy, American recording artist, singer.
Where is the surname Melone most common?: Wikidata records people named Melone in the United States.
Is the surname Melone getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,432 in 2010, down 14%.