Last Name MELTON

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Melton, parishes in counties Suffolk, Norfolk, West Riding Yorks, Leicester, and Lincoln.
Origin English, Jewish, Native American, Irish

Rank 634 (2000 US census) 557 (1990 US census)
Count 48,594 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 82.29%, or 39988 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 13.59%, or 6604 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.41%, or 199 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.94%, or 457 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.42%, or 690 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.36%, or 661 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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