Menza Surname
Approximately 12,268 people bear this surname
Menza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 7,028 | 1:6,571 | 883 |
| Ethiopia | 1,932 | 1:50,490 | 5,344 |
| Colombia | 1,273 | 1:37,529 | 2,162 |
| Italy | 539 | 1:113,463 | 18,877 |
| United States | 484 | 1:748,882 | 58,523 |
| Mauritania | 300 | 1:13,650 | 1,303 |
| Argentina | 180 | 1:237,463 | 19,337 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Ecuador | 83 | 1:191,637 | 7,732 |
| Tanzania | 78 | 1:678,739 | 39,598 |
| Uruguay | 64 | 1:53,621 | 5,918 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Menzà (4), Meñza (1) & Menzá (1) are calculated separately.
Menza (6,897) may also be a first name.
Menza Demographics
Menza Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Menza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Menza (Arabic: مينزا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﺰ, Russian: Менза) is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Menzà, Meñza or Menzá. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Menza? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 42,467th most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 594,029 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Menza are found; 74 percent are found in East Africa and 56 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Menza is also the 78,354th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 6,897 people.
The last name Menza is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 7,028 people, or 1 in 6,571. In Kenya it is most common in: Kilifi County, where 64 percent are found, Kwale County, where 13 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Kenya it is found in 44 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 16 percent are found and Colombia, where 10 percent are found.
Menza Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Menza has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Menza last name expanded 9,680 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Menza Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (91%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Menza last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.
The amount Menza earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 40.57% less than the national average, earning €17,846 per year; in South Africa they earn 49.87% less than the national average, earning R 119,136 per year; in Colombia they earn 13.85% less than the national average, earning $19,558,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 19.73% more than the national average, earning $51,662 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.68% less than the national average, earning $48,351 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Menza Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Menza in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﺰ | mnz | 51.25 |
| ﻣﻨﺰﻩ | mnzh | 37.5 |
| ﻣﻨﺰﺍ | mnza | 11.25 |
| Menza in the Russian language | ||
| Менза | menza | - |
| Menza in the Arabic language | ||
| مينزا | mynza | - |
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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 Menza
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