Mélanson
surname · Latin script
Mélanson is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Possibly of English origin; unexplained.
- CACanada≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 33K
- USUnited States1 in 72K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 321 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈34,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Canada, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Melanson in US United States, CA Canada, GB United Kingdom and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Possibly of English origin; unexplained.
Sources 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mélanson counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈34,000 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Melanson | 2 |
| US United States | — | 4,608 | 1 in 72K | 4.6K | Melanson | 321 |
| CA Canada | #934 | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Melanson | 180 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 33K | — | Melanson | 37 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 263K | — | Melanson | 4 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 36K | — | Melanson | 3 |
| IS Iceland | — | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 52K | — | Melanson | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Mélanson mean, and where does it come from?
- Possibly of English origin; unexplained. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition.
- In which country does Mélanson have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 34 thousand people named Mélanson in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled melanson.
- How common is the name Mélanson?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,608 people named Mélanson in 2010, about 1 in 72 thousand residents.
- How common is Mélanson compared with other names?
- In Canada, Mélanson is the 934th most common surname of 699,524 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mélanson” — the 934th most common surname in Canada. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.