The Melone surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,432 people carried this name — #19,019 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 204,100 people counted. That is down 13% from 1,655 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 268 people named Melone 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
78 people named Melone live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 65 people named Melone.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Var.
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 print
Melone in American newspapers,
1899–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,446 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Melone,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vincenzo Melone 1953– -
Maria Domenica Melone 1964– · university teacher -
Altobello Melone 1485–1543 · painter
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Altobello Melone 1490–1543 · painter
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Vincenzo Melone 1953–
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Andrea Melone 1969– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Melone.
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