# Menez (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 539 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,554 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 572,812 people |
| Change since 2000 | +40% (384 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two possible origins: * Variant spelling of Spanish Menes, mainly found in the Philippines. * Borrowed from French Menez or Ménez, a topographic surname from Breton menez (“mountain”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Menez 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) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 60% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 22% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Similar surnames

Menz, Meng, Menke, Meinke, Menge, Munoz, Muniz, Mims, Means, Manzo, Munguia, Monk.

## 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.