Menkes Surname
Approximately 904 people bear this surname
Menkes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 505 | 1:717,740 | 56,514 |
| Israel | 106 | 1:80,732 | 9,742 |
| Cameroon | 77 | 1:269,728 | 25,950 |
| Turkey | 42 | 1:1,852,891 | 66,380 |
| Canada | 41 | 1:898,673 | 68,969 |
| Russia | 27 | 1:5,337,891 | 231,865 |
| Brazil | 25 | 1:8,562,973 | 188,780 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
The alternate forms: Menkès (4) are calculated separately.
Menkes (22) may also be a first name.
Menkes Demographics
Average Menkes Salary in
United States
$54,889 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Menkes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menkes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Menkes (Russian: Менкес) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Menkès. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Menkes? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 391,429th most commonly held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 8,061,445 people. The surname Menkes is predominantly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Menkes are found; 61 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 22 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 505 people, or 1 in 717,740. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 37 percent live, California, where 18 percent live and Florida, where 10 percent live. Not including The United States Menkes occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 12 percent live and Cameroon, where 9 percent live.
Menkes Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Menkes surname are 10.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.89% registered to vote for 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menkès | 94 | 4 | / |
| Menkies | 92 | 24 | / |
| Mengkes | 92 | 3 | / |
| Menkese | 92 | 2 | / |
| Menckes | 92 | 1 | / |
| Menkeus | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mienkes | 92 | 1 | / |
| Menkesse | 86 | 15 | / |
| Minkes | 83 | 302 | / |
| Menkis | 83 | 87 | / |
| Mences | 83 | 29 | / |
| Menches | 77 | 138 | / |
| Minckes | 77 | 14 | / |
| Menques | 77 | 10 | / |
| Memkhes | 77 | 9 | / |
| Minkesh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Minkies | 77 | 1 | / |
| Menkhis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mengkis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Menceas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Menkiss | 77 | 0 | / |
| Menkeshova | 75 | 6 | / |
| Mönnckes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mienkisz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mencis | 67 | 147 | / |
| Menkiş | 67 | 86 | / |
| Minces | 67 | 70 | / |
| Minkis | 67 | 55 | / |
| Mimkes | 67 | 34 | / |
| Mencez | 67 | 5 | / |
| Minkez | 67 | 3 | / |
| Minkesová | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mnqese | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mienkisch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Minkesova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mnches | 67 | 1 | / |
Menkes Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Menkes in the Russian language | ||
| Менкес | menkes | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Menkes
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