Explore the Family Name Mells

The meaning of Mells

English: topographic name for someone who lived in a place where there was more than one mill, Middle English melles ‘mills’, or a habitational name for someone from Mells in Somerset, named with this word.

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

The surname Mells was ranked 43,377th in popularity in the year 2000 and fell to 49,546th by 2010, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. This represents a fall of 14.22%. In terms of count, there were 469 people with the surname Mells in the year 2000 which decreased by 9.59% to reach 424 in 2010. The proportion per 100k of the population also declined from 0.17 to 0.14, marking a change of -17.65%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#43,377	#49,546	-14.22%
Count	469	424	-9.59%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.14	-17.65%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mells

Regarding ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that individuals with the surname Mells predominantly identified as Black, accounting for 83.37% in 2000 and rising slightly to 85.14% in 2010. Those identifying as White comprised 12.37% in 2000 but experienced a decline to 8.73% in 2010. The Hispanic representation saw an increase from 1.92% in 2000 to 2.59% in 2010. Furthermore, the category of two or more races appeared in 2010 with a percentage of 2.83%, whereas there was zero representation in 2000. Notably, there were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander in either year, while those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native made up 1.28% in 2000 but were not present in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	83.37%	85.14%	2.12%
White	12.37%	8.73%	-29.43%
Two or More Races	0%	2.83%	0%
Hispanic	1.92%	2.59%	34.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.28%	0%	0%