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The Meli surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,910 people carried this name — #15,355 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 153,800 people counted. That is up 28% from 1,496 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Meli surname

A surname transferred from the given name.

Patronymic from a reduced form of the personal name Carmelo.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Meli» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,256 people named Meli 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 372
Río Negro 204
Chubut 168
Neuquén 138
City of Buenos Aires 127
Mendoza 116
Santa Fe 54
Entre Ríos 29

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

728 people named Meli live in Switzerland.

They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

St. Gallen 186
Zurich 140
Ticino 57
Bern 51
Thurgau 43
Aargau 36
Schwyz 33
Neuchâtel 31

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 230 people named Meli.

Most of them — 125 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 125
Bouches-du-Rhône 20
Seine-Saint-Denis 11
Yvelines 10
Pas-de-Calais 8
Vosges 7
Paris 7
Isère 5
Loire 5

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 42 people named Meli 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

Hainaut 28
Liège 8
Limburg 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Meli,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giovanni Meli
    Giovanni Meli 1740–1815 · naturalist
  • Angelo Meli
    Angelo Meli 1897–1969 · mobster
  • Angelo Meli
    Angelo Meli 1897–1969 · mobster
  • Domenico Meli 1784–1865 · physician
  • Filippo Meli 1795– · painter
  • Giosuè Meli 1807–1893 · sculptor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Meli.

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