Last Name MELVILLE

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: from the lands of Melvil in Mid Lothian. The family are descended from Galfridus de Melville, 1165.

Origin	Scottish, Jewish, Greek, Irish, Falkland, Austrian, Belgian, Zimbabwean, South african

Rank	7,449 (2000 US census)	9,002 (1990 US census)

Count	4,119 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

86.04%, or 3544 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
8.86%, or 365 total occurrences, as black,
0.8%, or 33 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.58%, or 24 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.97%, or 81 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.75%, or 72 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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