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The MELENDES surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 527 39304 0 2
United States (1880 census) 3 103090 0 0
Change since 1880 +524 +63786 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 0 0
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for MELENDES by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 104 45681 0.000 3
Texas 93 30105 0.000 4
Massachusetts 47 33807 0.001 7
New Jersey 42 52175 0.000 5
New York 39 92235 0.000 2
Top States for MELENDES by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Massachusetts 47 33807 0.001 7
Wisconsin 39 42979 0.001 7
New Jersey 42 52175 0.000 5
Rhode Island 5 42132 0.000 5
Texas 93 30105 0.000 4

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MELENDES live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MELENDES represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MELENDES in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MELENDES by picking someone at random in Massachusetts than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MELENDES

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Spain

Language of origin: Spanish

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MELENDES surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the MELENDES surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MELENDES in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 487 92.41
White (Caucasian) 33 6.26
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Mixed Race Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 0

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MELENDES surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of MELENDES in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of MELENDES.

Similar names to MELENDES

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MELENDES.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for MELENDES

The following words are slight variants of MELENDES that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.