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The surname Men

A surname, carried by 1,245 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M500

Men: #21,092 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Men #21,092, 1,245 people Men: #21,092 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Men #21,092, 1,245 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Men is more common than 87% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,245 people named Men in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 247,988 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 896.

#21,092
rank among US surnames
1,245
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+39%
change since 2000 (was #25,805)

Who is named Men

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

80% of people named Men identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.7% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 80%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.4%
  • White (not Hispanic) 7.7%
  • Two or more races 2.0%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Men

Men has the Soundex code M500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M500.

Questions

How common is the surname Men?
1,245 people in the United States had the surname Men in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 247,988 Americans. It ranked 21,092nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Men?
In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Men identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Men getting more or less common?
More common. 896 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,245 in 2010, up 39%.