Explore the Family Name Melber

The meaning of Melber

1. South German: occupational name for a miller or flour merchant, from an agent derivative of Middle High German mel (genitive melwes) ‘flour’. 2. Jewish (from Austrian Galicia): occupational name for a dealer in flour, from Upper German Melber. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Shmuel, Yaakov.

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How common is the last name Melber in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Melber saw a slight increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In the year 2000, Melber was ranked as the 55,124th most popular surname and this number slightly improved to 54,637 by 2010, marking a change of 0.88%. In terms of counts, there were 349 individuals with the Melber surname in 2000, which increased to 377 by 2010 - an 8.02% growth. However, the proportion of people named Melber for every 100,000 remained unchanged at 0.13 over these two census periods.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#55,124	#54,637	0.88%
Count	349	377	8.02%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.13	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Melber

Regarding the ethnicity of people with the Melber surname, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the vast majority identify as White, with proportions of 94.84% in 2000 and slightly less at 94.69% in 2010. During the same period, the percentage of Melbers identifying as Hispanic decreased from 2.58% to 1.86%, a noticeable decrease of nearly 28%. Meanwhile, the proportion of those identifying with two or more races showed an increase from 2.01% in 2000 to 2.39% in 2010, indicating a change of 18.91%. No individuals with the Melber surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.84%	94.69%	-0.16%
Two or More Races	2.01%	2.39%	18.91%
Hispanic	2.58%	1.86%	-27.91%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%