Melo

At the 2020 census, 10,576 Americans bore the surname Melo — 3,335th out of 156,621 surnames on file. That is about one person in 28,300.

By the numbers

People: 10,576
Rank: 3,335th
How common: 1 in 28,300
Per 100,000: 3.5

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Melo described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Hispanic or Latino 52.2%
White, not Hispanic 42.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 2.6%
Black, not Hispanic 1.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 1.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.2%

Notable people called Melo

Arthur Melo (born 1996)Brazilian association football player
Felipe Melo (born 1983)Brazilian association football player
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal (1699–1782)Portuguese noble and diplomat
Marcelo Melo (born 1983)Brazilian tennis player
Gilberto da Silva Melo (born 1976)Brazilian association football player
Túlio de Melo (born 1985)Brazilian association football player
Fab Melo (1990–2017)Brazilian basketball player
Francisco Manuel de Melo (1608–1666)Portuguese writer, politician and military officer

People named Melo with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Melo

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.