Men Surname
Approximately 237,854 people bear this surname
Men Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 167,275 | 1:8,174 | 208 |
| Cambodia | 43,374 | 1:357 | 74 |
| Russia | 7,470 | 1:19,294 | 2,709 |
| Indonesia | 2,176 | 1:60,776 | 6,656 |
| Turkey | 1,764 | 1:44,116 | 4,477 |
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| Morocco | 1,397 | 1:24,679 | 3,885 |
| United States | 1,194 | 1:303,567 | 27,933 |
| Vietnam | 1,113 | 1:83,240 | 660 |
| Iran | 890 | 1:86,272 | 8,710 |
| Japan | 861 | 1:148,483 | 7,596 |
| Algeria | 660 | 1:58,533 | 9,835 |
| Kazakhstan | 657 | 1:26,914 | 3,767 |
| India | 612 | 1:1,253,375 | 49,739 |
| Saudi Arabia | 477 | 1:64,687 | 9,689 |
| Taiwan | 457 | 1:51,301 | 567 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Belarus | 437 | 1:21,742 | 3,660 |
| Brazil | 420 | 1:509,701 | 19,169 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Thailand | 377 | 1:187,370 | 30,790 |
| Malaysia | 313 | 1:94,231 | 6,529 |
| Singapore | 312 | 1:17,653 | 727 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| France | 250 | 1:265,691 | 40,939 |
| Uzbekistan | 207 | 1:149,416 | 6,999 |
| Philippines | 205 | 1:493,845 | 58,364 |
| Canada | 188 | 1:195,987 | 19,219 |
| Hong Kong | 169 | 1:43,405 | 774 |
| Pakistan | 139 | 1:1,285,208 | 14,950 |
| Portugal | 123 | 1:84,701 | 4,225 |
| Nicaragua | 121 | 1:49,761 | 1,419 |
| Ukraine | 119 | 1:382,544 | 46,655 |
| Azerbaijan | 116 | 1:83,182 | 3,095 |
| Australia | 99 | 1:272,684 | 24,601 |
| Papua New Guinea | 82 | 1:99,436 | 13,359 |
| Mexico | 81 | 1:1,532,422 | 16,423 |
| Italy | 78 | 1:784,060 | 62,950 |
| Cameroon | 77 | 1:269,728 | 25,950 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Turkmenistan | 56 | 1:98,020 | 1,979 |
| United Arab Emirates | 55 | 1:166,587 | 12,493 |
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| England | 45 | 1:1,238,179 | 56,985 |
| Tajikistan | 41 | 1:204,553 | 1,909 |
| Armenia | 39 | 1:75,133 | 3,040 |
| Moldova | 39 | 1:91,317 | 11,266 |
| Germany | 35 | 1:2,300,156 | 119,987 |
| Mauritania | 35 | 1:116,996 | 6,922 |
| Tunisia | 33 | 1:18,504 | 2,964 |
| Netherlands | 31 | 1:544,748 | 49,659 |
| Venezuela | 28 | 1:1,078,717 | 15,964 |
| Slovakia | 26 | 1:205,248 | 33,808 |
| Liberia | 25 | 1:176,341 | 12,123 |
| Spain | 23 | 1:2,032,697 | 53,462 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Guatemala | 18 | 1:893,482 | 5,244 |
| Transnistria | 17 | 1:27,923 | 4,766 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Israel | 15 | 1:570,509 | 41,023 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| Georgia | 13 | 1:288,119 | 13,907 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 11 | 1:542,969 | 40,072 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Ecuador | 9 | 1:1,767,316 | 20,027 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Honduras | 5 | 1:1,763,288 | 5,823 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 4 | 1:44,356 | 2,027 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12 | 1:2,031,281 | 60,933 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
The alternate forms: Mén (58), Mèn (2) & Meń (1) are calculated separately.
Men (70,594) may also be a first name.
Men Demographics
Average Men Salary in
United States
$40,379 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Men Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Men Come From? nationality or country of origin
Men (Bengali: মেন, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻦ, Hindi: मेन, Marathi: मेण, Oriya: େମନ, Russian: Мен, Tibetan: སྨོན་) is more commonly found in China than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Mén, Mèn or Meń. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Men? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,307th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 30,639 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Men live; 71 percent live in East Asia and 71 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Men is also the 13,746th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 70,594 people.
The surname is most prevalent in China, where it is borne by 167,275 people, or 1 in 8,174. Not including China this surname occurs in 123 countries. It also occurs in Cambodia, where 18 percent reside and Russia, where 3 percent reside.
Men Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Men has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 6,633 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 375 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Men Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Men surname is primarily Orthodox (74%) in Russia, Orthodox (58%) in Belarus, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Christian (100%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (71%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Men surname are 9.42% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 62.65% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Men earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 2.76% more than the national average, earning 355,622 kr per year; in United States they earn 6.42% less than the national average, earning $40,379 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.24% more than the national average, earning $49,804 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mén | 89 | 58 | / |
| Mèn | 89 | 2 | / |
| Meń | 89 | 1 | / |
| Meng | 86 | 4,965,989 | / |
| Moen | 86 | 30,517 | / |
| Meen | 86 | 9,186 | / |
| Mien | 86 | 3,854 | / |
| Menn | 86 | 3,219 | / |
| Mehn | 86 | 2,731 | / |
| Mend | 86 | 1,684 | / |
| Maen | 86 | 1,306 | / |
| Ment | 86 | 1,162 | / |
| Muen | 86 | 390 | / |
| Meun | 86 | 307 | / |
| Møen | 86 | 115 | / |
| Hmen | 86 | 55 | / |
| Memn | 86 | 39 | / |
| Mmen | 86 | 24 | / |
| Måen | 86 | 13 | / |
| Menå | 86 | 6 | / |
| Menq | 86 | 3 | / |
| Mesn | 86 | 2 | / |
| Menø | 86 | 1 | / |
| Menù | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mn | 80 | 2,596 | / |
| Menne | 75 | 7,533 | / |
| Meeng | 75 | 572 | / |
| Moehn | 75 | 497 | / |
| Mendh | 75 | 294 | / |
| Mendt | 75 | 166 | / |
| Hmeun | 75 | 116 | / |
| Hmaen | 75 | 84 | / |
| Meent | 75 | 36 | / |
| Møien | 75 | 30 | / |
| Mentő | 75 | 28 | / |
| Meend | 75 | 15 | / |
| Hmeen | 75 | 11 | / |
| Menkő | 75 | 9 | / |
| Meemn | 75 | 9 | / |
| Maehn | 75 | 8 | / |
| Mengh | 75 | 7 | / |
| Mentt | 75 | 4 | / |
| Muenn | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mengg | 75 | 4 | / |
| Memne | 75 | 3 | / |
| Mennt | 75 | 2 | / |
| M'Enn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Meenq | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moenn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Meenn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mehnn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Memnd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mmuen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Miehn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mmeng | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mesnd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mennd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Menqu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muenì | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mmemn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Meesn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mehnk | 75 | 0 | / |
| Mienn | 75 | 0 | / |
| Meunn | 75 | 0 | / |
| Min | 67 | 1,033,082 | / |
| Mengue | 67 | 74,560 | / |
| Mem | 67 | 7,140 | / |
| Myn | 67 | 997 | / |
| Mng | 67 | 129 | / |
| Menova | 67 | 103 | / |
| Hmn | 67 | 89 | / |
| Menque | 67 | 88 | / |
| Mne | 67 | 79 | / |
| Mengne | 67 | 69 | / |
| Mehenk | 67 | 41 | / |
| Ėmienė | 67 | 41 | / |
| Møn | 67 | 23 | / |
| Menová | 67 | 18 | / |
| Mnd | 67 | 17 | / |
| Mhn | 67 | 17 | / |
| Mnt | 67 | 14 | / |
| Geemen | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mnn | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mnh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Menowa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mnq | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mmn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mín | 67 | 3 | / |
| Måmoen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mån | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mön | 67 | 2 | / |
| Män | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meemnt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Menzch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meehnn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meengk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mehnng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hmenne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mehenn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meengh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Memndh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mün | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meenzs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mehesn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meenck | 67 | 0 | / |
| Meenne | 67 | 0 | / |
Men Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Men in the Bengali language | ||
| মেন | mena | - |
| Men in the Hindi language | ||
| मेन | mena | 97.28 |
| Men in the Oriya language | ||
| େମନ | emana | 91.75 |
| େମଞ | emana | 6.03 |
| Men in the Marathi language | ||
| मेण | mena | 77.29 |
| मेन | mena | 20.29 |
| Men in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྨོན་ | mön | 42.86 |
| མིན་ | min | 14.29 |
| མན་ | men | 14.29 |
| སྨན་ | men | 14.29 |
| མེན་ | men | 14.29 |
| Men in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻦ | amn | 34.78 |
| ﻣﻦ | mn | 26.09 |
| ﻣﻨﻪ | mnh | 17.39 |
| ﺃﻣﻦ | amn | 13.04 |
| ﻣﻨﺖ | mnt | 8.7 |
| Men in the Russian language | ||
| Мен | men | - |
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Footnotes
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Men
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