Melo is a Portuguese surname. Variants include Mello , de Melo or de Mello ( De Melo or De Mello ), D'Melo or D'Mello. It indicates a place name, likely derived from a town or village called Melo, in Portugal. The countries with the highest number are Brazil, Portugal and the United States. [1]
Brazil, a former Portuguese colony, received the majority of Portuguese immigrants and is the country with the largest number of people with the surnames Melo, Mello, de Melo, de Mello (De Melo, De Mello). [2] [3] [4] [5]