The Melchor surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,319 people carried this name — #4,269 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,500 people counted. That is up 51% from 5,498 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 425 people named Melchor live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 208
City of Buenos Aires 55
Mendoza 48
Chaco 40
Jujuy 33
La Pampa 31
Córdoba 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 26 people named Melchor.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Hérault.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 7
Hérault 5
Vaucluse 5
Gironde 2
Pas-de-Calais 2
Essonne 2
Isère 1
Meurthe-et-Moselle 1
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Melchor in American newspapers,
1819–1926.

Newspaper page from El Fronterizo carrying the name Melchor
El Fronterizo 1924-12-24
Newspaper page from The New Hampshire Gazette carrying the name Melchor
The New Hampshire Gazette 1819-11-02
Newspaper page from The Bozeman Courier carrying the name Melchor
The Bozeman Courier 1926-02-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,404 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Melchor in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1970s.

213 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Melchor. The most, 94, date from the 1870s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 90
New South Wales 35
Tasmania 15
ACT (Canberra) 7
Queensland 2
Western Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Melchor.

Who carried it

People named Melchor,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Enrique Melchor d. 1936 · trade unionist
  • Alejandro Melchor 1900–1947 · politician
  • Traci Melchor 1901– · television personality
  • Federico Melchor 1915–1985 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Melchor,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States189 records

189 records of the Melchor name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 109
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 32
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 22
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 12
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John Glenn Melchor

    Born 1951; from Sacramento, California. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; died in an accident 1970 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Juan R. Melchor

    Born 1912 in New Mexico. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Bliss El Paso, Texas; farm hand from Sandoval County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Vinzence Melchor

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Saint Nicolas from Havre, aged 19; farmer. From Baden, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 189 records for Melchor in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands12 records

12 records of the Melchor name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 7
  • Dutch population registers 4
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Rebecca Melchor

    Married in 1852 in Sint Maartensdijk; of private means. Died 1916 in Sint Maartensdijk, aged 86.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Benjamin Melchor

    Married in 1815 in Hurwenen; born 1782 in Werner.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Franciscus Melchor

    Baptised in 1735 in Gemert.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Melchor in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France9 records

9 records of the Melchor name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Vincent Melchor

    Born 1922 in Fontaine-de-Vaucluse; died 1978 in Avignon (Vaucluse).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Claudine Jeanne Francoise Melchor

    Born 1941 in Pézenas; died 1993 in Montpellier (Hérault).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Joseph Manuel Melchor

    Born 1909 in Bordeaux; died 1980 in Bordeaux (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Melchor in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Melchor name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Paul Melchor

    From Dürrkunzendorf, Neiße. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 4 September 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 42).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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