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
The last name Meñez is found in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Menez, Ménez or Menêz. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meñez? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 272,960th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 5,114,067 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Meñez are found; 97 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 97 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
This surname is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is borne by 1,386 people, or 1 in 73,043. In The Philippines Meñez is primarily found in: Western Visayas, where 34 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 22 percent are found and Calabarzon, where 17 percent are found. Beside The Philippines this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 3 percent are found and Guam, where 0 percent are found.
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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