Meñez Surname
Approximately 1,425 people bear this surname
Meñez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,386 | 1:73,043 | 12,580 |
| Argentina | 36 | 1:1,187,317 | 70,591 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Menez (5,842), Ménez (83) & Menêz (1) are calculated separately.
Meñez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meñez Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meñez is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Menez, Ménez or Menêz. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meñez? popularity and diffusion
The surname Meñez is the 272,960th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,114,067 people. Meñez occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Meñez live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname Meñez is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is held by 1,386 people, or 1 in 73,043. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Western Visayas, where 34 percent live, National Capital Region, where 22 percent live and Calabarzon, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 3 percent live and Guam, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menez | 93 | 5,842 | / |
| Meañez | 91 | 11 | / |
| Ménez | 87 | 83 | / |
| Menêz | 87 | 1 | / |
| Miñez | 80 | 84 | / |
| Meñes | 80 | 8 | / |
| Meñiz | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mengez | 73 | 16 | / |
| Menezs | 73 | 15 | / |
| Menedz | 73 | 7 | / |
| Maneez | 73 | 6 | / |
| Meañes | 73 | 6 | / |
| Meneiz | 73 | 5 | / |
| Meynez | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mioñez | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mehnez | 73 | 3 | / |
| Meniez | 73 | 2 | / |
| Meinez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Menetz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Maññez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Moneez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Meenez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mene | 67 | 18,439 | / |
| Meinerz | 67 | 1,224 | / |
| Meinesz | 67 | 167 | / |
| Meuniez | 67 | 22 | / |
| Mengesz | 67 | 7 | / |
| Meniesz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Menytez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Menetze | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Meñez
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