Mencía Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Mencía Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Mencía Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain531:882,11434,832
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Honduras61:1,469,4075,474
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
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Mencía (13) may also be a first name.

Mencía Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mencía has its highest incidence in Spain. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mencía? popularity and diffusion

Mencía is the 1,871,545th most commonly used last name globally, held by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 54 percent of Mencía reside; 54 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 54 percent reside in Iberian Europe. It is also the 3,159,357th most common first name internationally, borne by 13 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Spain, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 882,114. In Spain it is most numerous in: Madrid, where 51 percent reside, Castile and León, where 15 percent reside and Asturias, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Spain this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in The Dominican Republic, where 23 percent reside and Honduras, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mencías9229/
Menchia772/
Menchea771/
Menceah771/
Mentchia711/
Mincea67138/
Menkia6710/
Menció677/
Mnchia674/
Mnceai671/
Menkya671/
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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 Mencía
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