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    The surname Menke

    A surname, carried by 4,498 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M520

    Menke: #7,399 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Menke #7,399, 4,498 people Menke: #7,399 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Menke #7,399, 4,498 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Menke is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,498 people named Menke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,641 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,463.

    #7,399
    rank among US surnames
    4,498
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #6,931)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,390Kulkarni4,50668,519
    #7,391Morfin4,50568,534
    #7,392Froehlich4,50468,549
    #7,393Bostwick4,50268,580
    #7,394Lodge4,50168,595
    #7,395Hou4,50068,610
    #7,397Wulf4,49968,625

    Who is named Menke

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

    96% of people named Menke identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Menkes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sally Menke
      American film editor (1953-2010)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Menke

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Menke?
    4,498 people in the United States had the surname Menke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,641 Americans. It ranked 7,399th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Menke?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Menke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Menke?
    Sally Menke, American film editor (1953-2010).
    Where is the surname Menke most common?
    Wikidata records people named Menke in the United States.
    Is the surname Menke getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,463 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,498 in 2010, up 0.8%.