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Where Does The Last Name Mencken Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Mencken is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mencken? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 2,689,253^rd most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name Mencken occurs mostly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Mencken live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 7,551,228. In The United States it is most common in: Maryland, where 31 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 21 percent are found and California, where 13 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent are found and Germany, where 2 percent are found.

Mencken Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Mencken has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 343 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Mencken Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Mencken surname are 11.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.33% being registered to vote for the party.

Mencken earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.03% more than the national average, earning $48,772 USD per year.