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    The surname Menez

    A French place surname, carried by 539 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M520

    Menez: #40,554 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Menez #40,554, 539 people Menez: #40,554 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Menez #40,554, 539 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Menez is more common than 75% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    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”).

    Menez is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 539 people named Menez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 572,812 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 384.

    #40,554
    rank among US surnames
    539
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +40.4%
    change since 2000 (was #51,024)

    Who is named Menez

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

    60% of people named Menez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 22% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 13% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 60%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 22%
    • White (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Menez

    Menez has the Soundex code M520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M520.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Menez come from?
    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”).
    How common is the surname Menez?
    539 people in the United States had the surname Menez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 572,812 Americans. It ranked 40,554th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Menez?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Menez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 22% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    What type of surname is Menez?
    Menez is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Menez getting more or less common?
    More common. 384 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 539 in 2010, up 40%.