Menkins Surname

1,168,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 204 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Latvia

Menkins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Menkins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1071:3,387,467192,132
Australia701:385,65331,598
Latvia261:78,84811,595
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:1,195,68367,545

The alternate forms: Meņkins (1) are calculated separately.

Menkins Last Name Facts

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

Menkins (Russian: Мэнкинс) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may occur as a variant: Meņkins. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Menkins? popularity and diffusion

The surname Menkins is the 1,168,344th most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,723,264 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 42 percent of Menkins are found; 42 percent are found in North America and 42 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 107 people, or 1 in 3,387,467. In The United States Menkins is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 36 percent are found, New York, where 13 percent are found and Texas, where 8 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 34 percent are found and Latvia, where 13 percent are found.

Menkins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Menkins has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Menkins surname rose 255 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Menkins Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Menkins surname are 44.14% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 90.91% registered with the political party.

Menkins earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.55% less than the national average, earning $32,557 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meņkins951/
Meenkins931/
Mehnkins930/
Menkens86813/
Minkins86142/
Memkins860/
Menckens801/
Menchins800/
Mehnkens800/
Mincins711/
Mencens711/
Minquins671/
Minkens5710/
Minquens531/

Menkins Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Menkins in the Russian language
Мэнкинсmenkins-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Menkins
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis