Menke Surname
Approximately 22,254 people bear this surname
Menke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 13,589 | 1:5,924 | 718 |
| United States | 6,817 | 1:53,170 | 6,385 |
| Netherlands | 486 | 1:34,747 | 5,827 |
| Brazil | 160 | 1:1,337,965 | 45,535 |
| Poland | 125 | 1:304,070 | 36,040 |
| Thailand | 114 | 1:619,635 | 105,115 |
| Turkey | 102 | 1:762,955 | 37,984 |
| Nauru | 98 | 1:121 | 23 |
| Cameroon | 97 | 1:214,114 | 21,748 |
| Suriname | 96 | 1:5,756 | 1,347 |
| Kenya | 85 | 1:543,293 | 26,596 |
| Australia | 64 | 1:421,808 | 33,593 |
| Chile | 43 | 1:409,685 | 11,039 |
| Switzerland | 40 | 1:205,323 | 17,881 |
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| Austria | 22 | 1:387,065 | 40,442 |
| Russia | 22 | 1:6,551,048 | 261,263 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Marshall Islands | 21 | 1:2,468 | 567 |
| Denmark | 20 | 1:282,236 | 21,168 |
| Slovakia | 18 | 1:296,469 | 43,115 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Hungary | 11 | 1:892,389 | 45,166 |
| Finland | 10 | 1:549,670 | 32,186 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Latvia | 7 | 1:292,864 | 24,791 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 778 | 1:64,548 | 7,038 |
Menke (321) may also be a first name.
Menke Demographics
Average Menke Salary in
United States
$45,630 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Menke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Menke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﻨﻜﻪ, Marathi: मॅनके, Russian: Менке) occurs most in Germany. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Menke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 24,306th most common surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 327,471 people. The surname Menke is predominantly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Menke reside; 64 percent reside in Western Europe and 64 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 489,856th most common forename in the world, borne by 321 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 13,589 people, or 1 in 5,924. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 45 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 33 percent live and Hesse, where 4 percent live. Not including Germany Menke is found in 62 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 31 percent live and The Netherlands, where 2 percent live.
Menke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Menke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Menke surname increased 876 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 433 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Menke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Lutheran (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Menke last name are 17.19% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.96% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Menke earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 3.75% less than the national average, earning 333,099 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 32.17% less than the national average, earning R 161,196 per year; in United States they earn 5.75% more than the national average, earning $45,630 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.06% less than the national average, earning $48,661 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Menke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Menke in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻣﻨﻜﻪ | amnkh | - |
| Menke in the Marathi language | ||
| मॅनके | menake | 66.67 |
| मेनके | menake | 16.67 |
| मके | make | 16.67 |
| Menke in the Russian language | ||
| Менке | menke | - |
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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 Menke
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