Mencia Surname
Approximately 15,875 people bear this surname
Mencia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 6,701 | 1:1,316 | 260 |
| Paraguay | 2,155 | 1:3,358 | 363 |
| Spain | 1,890 | 1:24,737 | 2,609 |
| Argentina | 1,401 | 1:30,509 | 2,565 |
| Dominican Republic | 1,233 | 1:8,461 | 746 |
| United States | 625 | 1:579,934 | 47,474 |
| Venezuela | 529 | 1:57,097 | 2,695 |
| Bolivia | 402 | 1:26,409 | 1,924 |
| Peru | 291 | 1:109,224 | 6,694 |
| Chile | 196 | 1:89,880 | 3,466 |
| Mexico | 125 | 1:993,010 | 13,084 |
| Brazil | 94 | 1:2,277,387 | 70,617 |
| El Salvador | 63 | 1:100,697 | 1,642 |
| Cuba | 60 | 1:192,045 | 4,162 |
| Nicaragua | 32 | 1:188,159 | 2,461 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Uruguay | 9 | 1:381,306 | 22,825 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Guatemala | 8 | 1:2,010,334 | 6,458 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Mencìa (1) are calculated separately.
Mencia (3,067) may also be a first name.
Mencia Demographics
Average Male Mencia Height
174.54 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Mencia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mencia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mencia is found in Honduras more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Mencìa. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mencia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 33,463rd most widespread last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 459,058 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Mencia live; 43 percent live in Central America and 43 percent live in Hispano-Central America. Mencia is also the 130,317th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 3,067 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Honduras, where it is borne by 6,701 people, or 1 in 1,316. In Honduras Mencia is most frequent in: Yoro Department, where 33 percent live, Comayagua Department, where 23 percent live and Cortés Department, where 15 percent live. Excluding Honduras it is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in Paraguay, where 14 percent live and Spain, where 12 percent live.
Mencia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Mencia has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Mencia surname increased 62,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mencia Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Mencia are 42.36% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.59% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Mencia earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 35.87% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,431 per year and in United States they earn 2.54% less than the national average, earning $42,051 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mencìa | 94 | 1 | / |
| Mencias | 92 | 8,115 | / |
| Menciaz | 92 | 3 | / |
| Menciaa | 92 | 2 | / |
| Menciad | 92 | 1 | / |
| Menca | 91 | 197 | / |
| Mencio | 83 | 542 | / |
| Mencha | 83 | 80 | / |
| Mincia | 83 | 8 | / |
| Mendca | 83 | 5 | / |
| Mencai | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mencoa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Memcia | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mencay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mentsia | 77 | 25 | / |
| Menchai | 77 | 15 | / |
| Mincias | 77 | 3 | / |
| Méncias | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mentcha | 77 | 2 | / |
| Menchau | 77 | 2 | / |
| Menchei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Menchea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Menceah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Menchah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Menczat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Menchay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Menza | 73 | 12,268 | / |
| Menco | 73 | 5,803 | / |
| Minca | 73 | 3,168 | / |
| Mença | 73 | 5 | / |
| Mncio | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mncah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mncai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mînca | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mncha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mientsia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Menchoij | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mentchah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maenza | 67 | 2,184 | / |
| Mincha | 67 | 506 | / |
| Mendza | 67 | 207 | / |
| Mencho | 67 | 198 | / |
| Muenza | 67 | 179 | / |
| Mincea | 67 | 138 | / |
| Mentza | 67 | 85 | / |
| Mincai | 67 | 58 | / |
| Mincay | 67 | 57 | / |
| Mencey | 67 | 51 | / |
| Mincio | 67 | 38 | / |
| Mincza | 67 | 35 | / |
| Mentsa | 67 | 29 | / |
| Moenza | 67 | 23 | / |
| Menzah | 67 | 20 | / |
| Mienza | 67 | 8 | / |
| Mencoy | 67 | 7 | / |
| Menzsa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Myncha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Menzei | 67 | 3 | / |
| Menzay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Menchó | 67 | 1 | / |
| Menzha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mendsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Menzea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mnchha | 67 | 1 | / |
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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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- 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 Mencia
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