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    The surname Mena

    A surname, carried by 19,522 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mena is more common than 98.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 19,522 people named Mena in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,815 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,299.

    #1,832
    rank among US surnames
    19,522
    people in 2010
    6.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +36.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,317)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,823Connors19,63715,723
    #1,824Trent19,63015,728
    #1,825Carmichael19,62815,730
    #1,826Toth19,60615,748
    #1,827Rushing19,60415,749
    #1,828Cody19,60015,752
    #1,829Gamboa19,57715,771

    Who is named Mena

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

    89% of people named Mena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Menas

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mario Mena
      Bolivian footballer (1923–2013)
    • Antonela Mena
      Argentine handball player, born 1988

    Notable Menas come mostly from Bolivia (1) and Argentina (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mena

    Mena 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 Mena?
    19,522 people in the United States had the surname Mena in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,815 Americans. It ranked 1,832nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mena?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Mena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Mena?
    Mario Mena, Bolivian footballer (1923–2013), followed by Antonela Mena.
    Where is the surname Mena most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mena in Bolivia and Argentina.
    Is the surname Mena getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,522 in 2010, up 37%.