Mela is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Mela
No. of characters: 4
Origin: India
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Mela

How popular is Mela?

Mela is common in India.

Mela is ranked 122751 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Melas plummeted by 5.797101 per cent to 260 since 2000 and slipped by 7497 spots and ranked at 74375. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 74.23 68.48
Hispanic or Latino 13.85 17.03
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 6.92 9.42
Black 3.46 4.35
Mela is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in India. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Tanzania. Around 3252 people have been found who wears Mela as their family name. Mela have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
124,220 Italy2
50,549 Georgia1
277,603 France1
120,357 Argentina1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
50,826 Zimbabwe19
189,966 Canada11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
49,486 South Africa91
Countries with hundreds of Mela:
13,813 Indonesia882
6,155 Tanzania815
16,584 Spain193
Countries with thousands of Mela:
29,751 India1,236

Immigrants to US

From Italy

Anna Mela hailed from Italy. 7 years old embarked for New York from Bordeaux on Chateau Leoville and arrived on January 20, 1882. Anna Mela, aged 46, Anna Mela, aged 46, Antonia Mela (20) Cultivator, Antonia Mela, aged 22, Farmer Antonino Mela, E.G. Mela, aged 18, Elisabetta Mela, aged 22, Eugenio Mela (32) Seaman, Laborer G. Mela, are others that migrated to US from Naples, Bordeaux, Gibraltar, Genoa & Gibraltar, Hamburg & Southampton and London.

Mela Namesakes

  • Sven Melander, Journalist
  • Konstantin Meladze, Composer
  • Alessandro Melani, Composer
  • Anna Melato, Actress
  • Amédée Melanson, Physician
  • Amédée Melanson, Physician
  • Eero Melasniemi, Actor
  • Jaime Daniel Melão Simões, Soccer player
  • Vassos Melanarkitis, Soccer player
  • Arina Meladze, Valery Meladze's daughter

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