Menchú Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Menchú Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 70 | 1:229,752 | 4,015 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Menchu (6,109) & Menchù (1) are calculated separately.
Menchú Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menchú Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Menchú is found in Guatemala more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Menchu or Menchù. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Menchú? popularity and diffusion
The last name Menchú is the 2,203,767th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Menchú live; 95 percent live in Central America and 95 percent live in Hispano-Central America.
It is most commonly held in Guatemala, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 229,752. In Guatemala Menchú is primarily concentrated in: Guatemala Department, where 63 percent are found, Suchitepéquez Department, where 6 percent are found and Quetzaltenango Department, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Guatemala Menchú is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 3 percent are found and Spain, where 1 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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 Menchú
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