Last Name MELLING

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Meaning Local: Of Melling, an extensive parish in North Lancashire, six miles from Kirkby-Lonsdale. Also a chapelry in the parish of Halsall, six miles from Ormskirk.
Origin English, Irish, Hungarian

Rank 26,147 (2000 US census) 27,371 (1990 US census)
Count 880 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 96.82%, or 852 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.57%, or 5 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.48%, or 13 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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