Menelaws Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Menelaws Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Menelaws Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland531:101,0156,880
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland221:170,1466,794

Menelaws Last Name Facts

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

Menelaws occurs most in Scotland. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Menelaws? popularity and diffusion

The last name Menelaws is the 1,882,912th most common family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Menelaws live; 64 percent live in Northern Europe and 64 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most prevalent in Scotland, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 101,015. In Scotland Menelaws is mostly found in: City of Edinburgh, where 43 percent are found, North Lanarkshire, where 15 percent are found and Midlothian, where 9 percent are found. Other than Scotland this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 20 percent are found and Canada, where 10 percent are found.

Menelaws Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Menelaws has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people who held the Menelaws last name expanded 241 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Menelaws Last Name Statistics demography

Menelaws earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 24.83% less than the national average, earning $37,349 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Menelavs881/
Monelaws880/
Minelaws880/
Maneylaws827/
Monilaws75119/
Minilaws750/
Mahaneylaws741/
Menilova634/
Meneloff631/
Minelova631/
Mineslow630/
Menailova598/
Menaylova593/
Menailovs591/
Mengelyov591/
Mynelov5313/
Menilov532/
Minilab531/
Minilova5015/
Menailov5013/
Menaylov504/
Mingelov501/

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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 Menelaws
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