Last Name MELVIN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Irish

Rank	1,679 (2000 US census)	1,472 (1990 US census)

Count	19,523 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

69.43%, or 13555 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
26.95%, or 5261 total occurrences, as black,
0.4%, or 78 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.55%, or 107 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.38%, or 269 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.29%, or 252 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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