The Melis surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 412 people carried this name — #48,196 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,998 people named Melis 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 Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 497 people named Melis.
216 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 43 départements, most often Nord.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
154 people named Melis live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Melis.
- Meley 149 · U.S. census
- Meli 1,496 · U.S. census
- Melia 1,898 · U.S. census
- Melikian 500 · U.S. census
- Melin 2,130 · U.S. census
- Meline 493 · U.S. census
- Melka 404 · U.S. census
- Melki 142 · U.S. census
- Melkonian 848 · U.S. census
- Mell 1,739 · U.S. census
- Mella 738 · U.S. census
- Mellado 749 · U.S. census
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