Menkes Surname

391,429th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 904 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Menkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Menkes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5051:717,74056,514
Israel1061:80,7329,742
Cameroon771:269,72825,950
Turkey421:1,852,89166,380
Canada411:898,67368,969
Russia271:5,337,891231,865
Brazil251:8,562,973188,780
France241:2,767,613196,808
Poland131:2,923,750116,258
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

The alternate forms: Menkès (4) are calculated separately.

Menkes (22) may also be a first name.

Menkes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Menkes (Russian: Менкес) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Menkès. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Menkes? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 391,429th most prevalent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,061,445 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Menkes live; 61 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,301,746th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 22 people.

The surname Menkes is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 505 people, or 1 in 717,740. In The United States Menkes is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 37 percent live, California, where 18 percent live and Florida, where 10 percent live. Other than The United States this last name is found in 25 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 12 percent live and Cameroon, where 9 percent live.

Menkes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Menkes are 10.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 63.89% registered with the political party.

The amount Menkes earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 27.21% more than the national average, earning $54,889 USD per year and in Canada they earn 258.87% more than the national average, earning $178,296 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Menkès944/
Menkies9224/
Mengkes923/
Menkese922/
Menckes921/
Menkeus921/
Mienkes921/
Menkesse8615/
Minkes83302/
Menkis8387/
Mences8329/
Menches77138/
Minckes7714/
Menques7710/
Memkhes779/
Minkesh771/
Minkies771/
Menkhis771/
Mengkis771/
Menceas771/
Menkiss770/
Menkeshova756/
Mönnckes711/
Mienkisz711/
Mencis67147/
Menkiş6786/
Minces6770/
Minkis6755/
Mimkes6734/
Mencez675/
Minkez673/
Minkesová672/
Mnqese671/
Mienkisch671/
Minkesova671/
Mnches671/

Menkes Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Menkes in the Russian language
Менкесmenkes-

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Menkes
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