Mentsel Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Mentsel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mentsel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia551:2,620,419149,158
Ukraine451:1,011,61593,730
Belarus241:395,87740,412
Bulgaria101:697,89027,590
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Mentsel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mentsel (Georgian: მენცელ, Russian: Менцель) is most common in Russia. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mentsel? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mentsel is the 1,527,735th most widespread family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Mentsel live; 72 percent live in Eastern Europe and 72 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Russia, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 2,620,419. In Russia Mentsel is mostly concentrated in: Krasnoyarsk Krai, where 18 percent reside, Kaliningrad Oblast, where 13 percent reside and Komi Republic, where 13 percent reside. Beside Russia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 33 percent reside and Belarus, where 18 percent reside.

Mentsel Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Catholic (50%) in Belarus.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Menttsel931/
Mentsuel931/
Mentsl922/
Mentschel8823/
Mentzel863,002/
Mentcel868/
Mentzschel8233/
Mentzell80107/
Mencsell801/
Muenzsel801/
Muentzel800/
Menzel7743,064/
Mencel772,786/
Mentzl7719/
Mentslova754/
Menczel71399/
Menchel71237/
Muenzel7197/
Müntzel7144/
Menzell7127/
Mintzel7111/
Mendzel717/
Mencell717/
Mendsil711/
Menziel711/
Menzl67829/
Mintzell6735/
Mienciel6724/
Menchell6713/
Müntzell671/

Mentsel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mentsel in the Georgian language
მენცელmentsel-
Mentsel in the Russian language
Менцельmencel-

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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 Mentsel
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