Menchu Surname

79,813th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guatemala
Highest density in:
Guatemala

Menchu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Menchu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guatemala4,7111:3,414526
India7821:980,90241,665
United States2961:1,224,52386,796
Thailand1651:428,11174,983
Mexico941:1,320,49215,209
Cameroon211:989,00363,570
El Salvador201:317,1942,462
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

The alternate forms: Menchú (74) & Menchù (1) are calculated separately.

Menchu (3,116) may also be a first name.

Menchu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Menchu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Menchu (Hindi: मेंचू, Tibetan: སྨན་ཆུ།) is borne by more people in Guatemala than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Menchú or Menchù. Click here to see other possible spellings of Menchu.

How Common Is The Last Name Menchu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 79,813th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,192,920 people. The surname Menchu occurs mostly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Menchu reside; 77 percent reside in Central America and 77 percent reside in Hispano-Central America. Menchu is also the 129,076th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 3,116 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Guatemala, where it is held by 4,711 people, or 1 in 3,414. In Guatemala it is primarily found in: Quetzaltenango Department, where 46 percent are found, Sololá Department, where 17 percent are found and Guatemala Department, where 12 percent are found. Besides Guatemala this surname occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Menchu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Menchu last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Menchu earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.1% less than the national average, earning $33,613 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Menchú9474/
Menchù941/
Menchou9213/
Meanchu923/
Menchau922/
Moenchu921/
Menchhu921/
Menchuu921/
Mienchu921/
Mencu9195/
Menchout862/
Meenchou861/
Menchuch861/
Manchu832,027/
Monchu83274/
Menciu8371/
Minchu8357/
Menshu835/
Memchu833/
Menchó831/
Mncu801/
Menchouha801/
Minchau77284/
Monchau77209/
Mencius77182/
Münchau77108/
Memchou7749/
Mynchau7718/
Manchau7717/
Monchui7717/
Menzhus776/
Minchui774/
Manchhu773/
Moncheu773/
Mincheu772/
Minchuy772/
Minchou772/
Menchoe771/
Muenshu771/
Menshou771/
Moenshu771/
Menchão771/
Mancheu771/
Menscou770/
Minchus770/
Mincu735,027/
Menju73114/
Mensu7376/
Menzu7366/
Memchout71281/
Minhchau716/
Manchouh711/
Minciu67875/
Menzou67710/
Menjou67238/
Mensou67139/
Muensu6766/
Minzhu6719/
Mençuğ6716/
Maensu6716/
Menjeu6712/
Mentsu6711/
Minshu679/
Mensup677/
Mensiu677/
Mincui676/
Menzuh675/
Menziu674/
Manchú674/
Mensud673/
Meemhu672/
Memhud672/
Mensut672/
Menjui671/
Mincou671/
Minjhu671/
Mhenju671/
Menzeu671/
Mensuh671/
Menzui671/
Menseu671/

Menchu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Menchu in the Hindi language
मेंचूmencu-
Menchu in the Tibetan language
སྨན་ཆུ།menchu33.33
སྨན་ཆུ་menchu16.67
སྨན་ཅུ།menchu16.67
མེན་ཆུ་menchu16.67
སྨེན་ཆུ་menchu16.67

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Menchu
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