Menteş Surname
Approximately 11,661 people bear this surname
Menteş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 11,374 | 1:6,842 | 940 |
| Northern Cyprus | 284 | 1:1,123 | 86 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Mentes (1,204) are calculated separately.
Menteş (188) may also be a first name.
Menteş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menteş Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Menteş is found most frequently in Turkey. It may be found as a variant: Mentes. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Menteş? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 44,546th most numerous family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 624,950 people. The surname Menteş occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Menteş live; 81 percent live in West Asia and 81 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Menteş is also the 663,277th most prevalent given name globally. It is borne by 188 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 11,374 people, or 1 in 6,842. In Turkey Menteş is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 23 percent live, Bursa Province, where 6 percent live and Diyarbakir Province, where 5 percent live. Outside of Turkey this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 2 percent live and The Philippines, where 0 percent live.
Menteş Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Menteş has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mentes | 94 | 1,204 | / |
| Mentec | 83 | 311 | / |
| Minteş | 83 | 297 | / |
| Mentez | 83 | 24 | / |
| Mentex | 83 | 2 | / |
| Muentes | 77 | 5,541 | / |
| Mentges | 77 | 787 | / |
| Mentesh | 77 | 295 | / |
| Mentese | 77 | 274 | / |
| Mentişe | 77 | 38 | / |
| Mentech | 77 | 14 | / |
| Mentise | 77 | 13 | / |
| Muentez | 77 | 5 | / |
| Menties | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mentess | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mentezh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mntes | 73 | 5 | / |
| Menteshe | 71 | 62 | / |
| Menteche | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mentishe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mentis | 67 | 1,737 | / |
| Mintiş | 67 | 74 | / |
| Mintec | 67 | 32 | / |
| Mintes | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mentiz | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mõntes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mintez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mentys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Möntes | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Menteş
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis