Menneken Surname

1,415,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 153 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Menneken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Menneken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1011:797,08458,657
Netherlands441:383,79941,363
England61:9,286,343223,652
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Menneken Last Name Facts

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

The last name Menneken is found most in Germany. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Menneken? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,415,499th most widely held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 47,631,019 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Menneken are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 101 people, or 1 in 797,084. In Germany Menneken is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 92 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 2 percent reside and Bavaria, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Germany this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 29 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.

Menneken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Menneken has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mennecken9411/
Minneken8814/
Menniken885/
Mennicken82790/
Menneking8279/
Minnecken821/
Mennickent787/
Minniken759/
Muennikn751/
Mennequin7132/
Mnekin7122/
Mnekyn714/
Mniken711/
Minnicken710/
Mneykin6753/
Mnekina6737/
Mnekyna675/
Mneekin671/
Minnikin63278/
Mneykina6361/

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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 Menneken
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