The Melia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,509 people carried this name — #12,395 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 117,600 people counted. That is up 32% from 1,898 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 11 births for the Melia name in 1890.
Most were registered in Connacht. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 500 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Galway.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 346 people named Melia 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 mapWhere they live today
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 145 people named Melia.
Most of them — 80 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
21 people named Melia live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 print
Melia in American newspapers,
1895–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,202 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Melia,
with a public archive behind them.
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Elie Melia 1915–1988 · priest -
Pius Melia 1800–1883 · theologian
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Leslie Melia 1929–1997 · canoeist
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Joseph Melia 1935– · research fellow
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Jimmy Melia 1937– · association football player
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Josep Melià Pericàs 1939–2000 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Melia.
- Mele 4,165 · U.S. census
- Melendez 56,230 · U.S. census
- Meler 247 · U.S. census
- Melero 1,627 · U.S. census
- Meley 107 · U.S. census
- Meli 1,910 · U.S. census
- Melikian 564 · U.S. census
- Melin 2,339 · U.S. census
- Meline 539 · U.S. census
- Melis 372 · U.S. census
- Melka 458 · U.S. census
- Melki 164 · U.S. census
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