# Menezes (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,241 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,157 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 248,788 people |
| Change since 2000 | -6.3% (1,325 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Menezes 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) | 61% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 26% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Menezes in Brazil and the United States.

## People named Menezes

- Ramon Menezes, Brazilian association football player
- Ademir de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (1922–1996)
- Mano Menezes, Brazilian football manager
- Sarah Menezes, Brazilian judoka
- Thaísa Menezes, Brazilian volleyball player
- Glória Menezes, Brazilian actress
- Rildo da Costa Menezes, Brazilian footballer (1942-2021)
- Benedicto de Moraes Menezes, Brazilian footballer and manager (1906–1944)
- Gustavo Menezes, American racing driver
- Valeska Menezes, Brazilian former volleyball player
- João Menezes, Brazilian tennis player
- Paulo Menezes, Brazilian association football player

and 6 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Meneses, Menzies, 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.