Menelaus Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Menelaus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Menelaus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales71:442,07621,198
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Menelaus (45) may also be a first name.

Menelaus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Menelaus is more frequently found in Wales than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Menelaus click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Menelaus? popularity and diffusion

Menelaus is the 5,213,395th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Menelaus live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in British Isles. Menelaus is also the 1,504,468th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 45 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Wales, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 442,076. In Wales it is most frequent in: City and County of Swansea, where 86 percent reside and Carmarthenshire, where 14 percent reside. Beside Wales it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 43 percent reside and Brazil, where 7 percent reside.

Menelaus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Menelaus has changed over time. In Wales the number of people bearing the Menelaus surname grew 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Menelas931,246/
Menelus93414/
Menelau93162/
Menelais881/
Meanelas881/
Menela8621/
Menelu861/
Menelasse821/
Mengela80741/
Monelus80329/
Menelou80208/
Manelas8057/
Meneleu8022/
Menolas804/
Minelas803/
Minelau803/
Manelus802/
Menalas802/
Menelay802/
Monelas801/
Menelia801/
Megnela801/
Meniela801/
Mgenela801/
Menilus800/
Manelius75376/
Monnelus75221/
Meniolas75200/
Mengelos7534/
Mengella7516/
Minelius751/
Mainelus751/
Mannelus751/
Menelhou751/
Meneglia751/
Minelase751/
Mmengela751/
Maneilas750/
Minela71367/
Menila7139/
Menelo715/
Mingelius713/
Minelu712/
Manolas671,824/
Manalus671,021/
Meneley67523/
Menichella67299/
Menechella67210/
Mingela67209/
Manalas67171/
Mingelu67137/
Minelga6775/
Meniola6773/
Meñolas6755/
Menelot6722/
Mainela6720/
Manilus6713/
Meinila679/
Mengila678/
Mignela676/
Minelay676/
Minelia675/
Mynhela674/
Miniela674/
Mengelo673/
Monalus672/
Manilas672/
Monilus672/
Meneilo672/
Meanila671/
Meenelo671/
Mainelu671/
Minielu671/
Menilad671/
Ménélas671/
Mineleu671/
Manylus671/
Majnela671/
Minolas671/
Monolas671/
Menileu671/
Menilia671/
Mynolas671/

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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 Menelaus
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