# Menken (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/menken/  
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 | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 548 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,016 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 563,404 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.1% (554 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Menken.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Menken 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) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Menken in the United States.

## People named Menken

- Alan Menken, American composer (born 1949)
- Adah Isaacs Menken, American actress, dancer, painter, and poet (1835–1868)
- Helen Menken, American actress (1901–1966)
- Marie Menken, American filmmaker (1909-1970)

## Similar surnames

Munson, Mancini, Monson, Manzano, Mangum, Monaghan, Manson, Manzanares, Mangan, Monzon, Mangano, Mankin.

## 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.