Menchu Surname
Approximately 6,109 people bear this surname
Menchu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 4,711 | 1:3,414 | 526 |
| India | 782 | 1:980,902 | 41,665 |
| United States | 296 | 1:1,224,523 | 86,796 |
| Thailand | 165 | 1:428,111 | 74,983 |
| Mexico | 94 | 1:1,320,492 | 15,209 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| El Salvador | 20 | 1:317,194 | 2,462 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Menchú (74) & Menchù (1) are calculated separately.
Menchu (3,116) may also be a first name.
Menchu Demographics
Average Menchu Salary in
United States
$33,613 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menchú | 94 | 74 | / |
| Menchù | 94 | 1 | / |
| Menchou | 92 | 13 | / |
| Meanchu | 92 | 3 | / |
| Menchau | 92 | 2 | / |
| Moenchu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Menchhu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Menchuu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mienchu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mencu | 91 | 95 | / |
| Menchout | 86 | 2 | / |
| Meenchou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Menchuch | 86 | 1 | / |
| Manchu | 83 | 2,027 | / |
| Monchu | 83 | 274 | / |
| Menciu | 83 | 71 | / |
| Minchu | 83 | 57 | / |
| Menshu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Memchu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Menchó | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mncu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Menchouha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Minchau | 77 | 284 | / |
| Monchau | 77 | 209 | / |
| Mencius | 77 | 182 | / |
| Münchau | 77 | 108 | / |
| Memchou | 77 | 49 | / |
| Mynchau | 77 | 18 | / |
| Manchau | 77 | 17 | / |
| Monchui | 77 | 17 | / |
| Menzhus | 77 | 6 | / |
| Minchui | 77 | 4 | / |
| Manchhu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Moncheu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mincheu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Minchuy | 77 | 2 | / |
| Minchou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Menchoe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muenshu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Menshou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moenshu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Menchão | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mancheu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Menscou | 77 | 0 | / |
| Minchus | 77 | 0 | / |
| Mincu | 73 | 5,027 | / |
| Menju | 73 | 114 | / |
| Mensu | 73 | 76 | / |
| Menzu | 73 | 66 | / |
| Memchout | 71 | 281 | / |
| Minhchau | 71 | 6 | / |
| Manchouh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Minciu | 67 | 875 | / |
| Menzou | 67 | 710 | / |
| Menjou | 67 | 238 | / |
| Mensou | 67 | 139 | / |
| Muensu | 67 | 66 | / |
| Minzhu | 67 | 19 | / |
| Mençuğ | 67 | 16 | / |
| Maensu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Menjeu | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mentsu | 67 | 11 | / |
| Minshu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mensup | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mensiu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mincui | 67 | 6 | / |
| Menzuh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Menziu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Manchú | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mensud | 67 | 3 | / |
| Meemhu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Memhud | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mensut | 67 | 2 | / |
| Menjui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mincou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Minjhu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mhenju | 67 | 1 | / |
| Menzeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mensuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Menzui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Menseu | 67 | 1 | / |
Menchu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Menchu in the Hindi language | ||
| मेंचू | mencu | - |
| Menchu in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྨན་ཆུ། | menchu | 33.33 |
| སྨན་ཆུ་ | menchu | 16.67 |
| སྨན་ཅུ། | menchu | 16.67 |
| མེན་ཆུ་ | menchu | 16.67 |
| སྨེན་ཆུ་ | menchu | 16.67 |
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Menchu
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