The Mele surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 4,026 people carried this name — #7,613 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,100 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
499 people named Mele live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 311 people named Mele.
130 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 127 people named Mele live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
34 people named Mele have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 71 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mele.
- Mel 229 · U.S. census
- Mela 276 · U.S. census
- Melan 184 · U.S. census
- Melani 183 · U.S. census
- Melano 147 · U.S. census
- Melchior 1,274 · U.S. census
- Melendez 42,139 · U.S. census
- Meler 322 · U.S. census
- Melero 1,246 · U.S. census
- Meley 149 · U.S. census
- Meli 1,496 · U.S. census
- Melia 1,898 · U.S. census
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