Menescal Surname

615,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 501 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Menescal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Menescal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil4581:467,41117,703
Spain261:1,798,15550,469
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Menescal (27) may also be a first name.

Menescal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Menescal is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Menescal click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Menescal? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 615,220th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 14,546,000 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Menescal live; 92 percent live in South America and 91 percent live in Luso-South America. Menescal is also the 2,036,353rd most numerous given name world-wide. It is borne by 27 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 458 people, or 1 in 467,411. In Brazil Menescal is most prevalent in: Ceará, where 29 percent reside, Rio de Janeiro, where 28 percent reside and São Paulo, where 11 percent reside. Barring Brazil this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Menescal Last Name Statistics demography

Menescal earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 70.26% less than the national average, earning $12,833 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Menesal934/
Menoscal882,866/
Menesale8838/
Manescal882/
Minesal8019/
Menejal805/
Menical800/
Monascal75456/
Menisale757/
Maniscal753/
Menicale753/
Menezale751/
Manascal751/
Monoscal751/
Menekale751/
Menicagli71651/
Menicol677/
Minesol674/
Minisale6339/
Minisall6332/
Manasqal632/
Menizale631/
Minicagli591/
Minisalle591/
Minikal538/
Mineqole5014/
Minikkal503/

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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 Menescal
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