# Meneses (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/meneses/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,548 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,143 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 36,119 people |
| Change since 2000 | +50% (5,695 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Meneses. This surname is predominantly found in Colombia and Mexico.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Meneses in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 72% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 12% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Meneses in the United States, Switzerland and Brazil.

## People named Meneses

- Alex Meneses, American actress
- Antônio Meneses, Brazilian cellist (1957–2024)
- Jorge Ben, Brazilian recording artist, musician, songwriter

## Similar surnames

Menzies, Menezes, Menges, Mancuso, Menchaca, Manchester, Mangus, Mingus, Manges, Mankowski, Mankiewicz.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.