The surname Menezes
A surname, carried by 1,241 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M522
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,241 people named Menezes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 248,788 Americans. That is down 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,325.
Who is named Menezes
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
61% of people named Menezes identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 61%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 26%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.1%
- Two or more races 3.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Famous Menezess
18 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Ramon MenezesBrazilian association football player, born 1972
- Ademir de MenezesBrazilian footballer (1922–1996)
- Mano MenezesBrazilian football manager, born 1962
- Sarah MenezesBrazilian judoka, born 1990
- Thaísa MenezesBrazilian volleyball player, born 1987
- Glória MenezesBrazilian actress, 1934–2026
- Rildo da Costa MenezesBrazilian footballer (1942-2021)
- Benedicto de Moraes MenezesBrazilian footballer and manager (1906–1944)
- Gustavo MenezesAmerican racing driver, born 1994
- Valeska MenezesBrazilian former volleyball player, born 1976
- João MenezesBrazilian tennis player, born 1996
- Paulo MenezesBrazilian association football player, born 1982
Notable Menezess come mostly from Brazil (17) and the United States (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Menezes has the Soundex code M522, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M522.
Questions
- How common is the surname Menezes?
- 1,241 people in the United States had the surname Menezes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,788 Americans. It ranked 21,157th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Menezes?
- In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Menezes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Who is the most famous person named Menezes?
- Ramon Menezes, Brazilian association football player, followed by Ademir de Menezes.
- Where is the surname Menezes most common?
- Wikidata records people named Menezes in Brazil and the United States.
- Is the surname Menezes getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,325 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,241 in 2010, down 6.3%.