Melgoza
surname · Latin script
Meaning: 1. probably an altered spelling of Melgosa, which Tib6n treats as a derivative of Melgar (Dictionary of American Family Names)
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 2 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/mɛlɡosa/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated
Melgoza is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- MXMexico
- SVEl Salvador
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
How to pronounce Melgoza
- Spanish:/mɛlɡosa/(machine-generated) model-generated
Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)1. probably an altered spelling of Melgosa, which Tib6n treats as a derivative of Melgar. 2. habitational name from Melgosa, in Cuenca province.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Chuy Bravob. 1956MXnot in their usual nameMexican-American comedian and actor (1956-2019)
- Raul Melgozab. 1975MXMexican fashion designer
- Oliver Melgozab. 2007MXMexican footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)7 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 2 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Melgoza come from?
- 1. probably an altered spelling of Melgosa, which Tib6n treats as a derivative of Melgar. 2. habitational name from Melgosa, in Cuenca province. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Melgoza?
- In Spanish /mɛlɡosa/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- What does the name Melgoza mean?
- Recorded meaning: 1. probably an altered spelling of Melgosa, which Tib6n treats as a derivative of Melgar.
- In which country does Melgoza have the most bearers?
- Melgoza is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Melgoza”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.