Menelas Surname

304,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Menelas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Menelas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti9201:11,6131,179
United States2121:1,709,712113,287
Mauritius391:33,1656,661
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
England141:3,979,861125,553
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
France21:33,211,361423,184
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Ménélas (1) are calculated separately.

Menelas (69) may also be a first name.

Menelas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Menelas is held by more people in Haiti than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Ménélas. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Menelas? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 304,156th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,848,753 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Menelas reside; 76 percent reside in Caribbean and 74 percent reside in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 1,171,416th most commonly held forename worldwide, borne by 69 people.

Menelas is most prevalent in Haiti, where it is held by 920 people, or 1 in 11,613. In Haiti Menelas is primarily found in: Ouest, where 50 percent are found, Nord, where 38 percent are found and Sud-Est, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Haiti this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Mauritius, where 3 percent are found.

Menelas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Menelas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Menelas last name expanded 21,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Menelas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Menelas last name are 30.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 83.33% being registered with the political party.

The amount Menelas earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 9.76% more than the national average, earning $47,360 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.42% less than the national average, earning $42,024 CAD per year.

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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 Menelas
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