Menken Surname
Approximately 2,240 people bear this surname
Menken Surname Definition:
(German) One who lived in a monastery.
Menken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 812 | 1:446,378 | 38,303 |
| Germany | 767 | 1:104,961 | 12,974 |
| Netherlands | 316 | 1:53,440 | 9,173 |
| Turkey | 194 | 1:401,141 | 24,373 |
| Australia | 33 | 1:818,052 | 51,601 |
| Canada | 31 | 1:1,188,567 | 86,017 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Liberia | 18 | 1:244,919 | 15,115 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Austria | 6 | 1:1,419,239 | 86,529 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 1:1,206,124 | 10,500 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 96 | 1:523,111 | 36,402 |
Menken (31) may also be a first name.
Menken Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who lived in a monastery.
Menken Demographics
Average Menken Salary in
United States
$51,333 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Menken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Menken is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Menken click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Menken? popularity and diffusion
The surname Menken is the 188,707th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 3,253,369 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Menken live; 49 percent live in Western Europe and 49 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 31 people.
The surname Menken is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 812 people, or 1 in 446,378. In The United States Menken is primarily found in: New York, where 12 percent reside, Illinois, where 12 percent reside and Iowa, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 23 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 34 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 14 percent reside.
Menken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Menken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Menken surname expanded 846 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Menken Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Menken surname are 11.78% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.55% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Menken earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 28.31% more than the national average, earning 444,046 kr per year; in United States they earn 18.97% more than the national average, earning $51,333 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.55% more than the national average, earning $56,911 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meenken | 92 | 461 | / |
| Mencken | 92 | 52 | / |
| Mengken | 92 | 4 | / |
| Muenken | 92 | 2 | / |
| Menkien | 92 | 1 | / |
| Menkeun | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mehnken | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mienken | 92 | 0 | / |
| Mnken | 91 | 12 | / |
| Maenkaen | 86 | 9 | / |
| Mengkaen | 86 | 4 | / |
| Meencken | 86 | 3 | / |
| Meunkeun | 86 | 1 | / |
| Menkin | 83 | 697 | / |
| Minken | 83 | 288 | / |
| Menkyn | 83 | 26 | / |
| Mänken | 83 | 15 | / |
| Mencen | 83 | 11 | / |
| Menkenova | 80 | 143 | / |
| Muengkaen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Menchen | 77 | 1,084 | / |
| Menkina | 77 | 404 | / |
| Meemken | 77 | 404 | / |
| Menkyna | 77 | 37 | / |
| Mingken | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mengcen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Menkion | 77 | 0 | / |
| Mehnkin | 77 | 0 | / |
| Mincken | 77 | 0 | / |
| Mengchen | 71 | 24 | / |
| Mennchen | 71 | 4 | / |
| Minkin | 67 | 4,680 | / |
| Mencin | 67 | 351 | / |
| Mynkyn | 67 | 327 | / |
| Minkengue | 67 | 54 | / |
| Minkenova | 67 | 33 | / |
| Mimken | 67 | 31 | / |
| Mynkin | 67 | 30 | / |
| Menkinová | 67 | 9 | / |
| Menkynová | 67 | 9 | / |
| Menkinova | 67 | 4 | / |
| Menkynova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Memkem | 67 | 1 | / |
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