How common is the surname Menon?

2,938 people in the United States had the surname Menon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,087 Americans. It ranked 10,837th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Menon?

Aldrovani Menon, Brazilian association football player, followed by Anna Menon.

Where is the surname Menon most common?

Wikidata records people named Menon in Brazil, the United States and India.

Is the surname Menon getting more or less common?

More common. 1,624 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,938 in 2010, up 81%.

The surname Menon

A Malayalam surname, carried by 2,938 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Menon is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

Malayalam origin

Borrowed from Malayalam മേനോൻ (mēnōṉ).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,938 people named Menon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,087 Americans. That is up 81% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,624.

#10,837

rank among US surnames

2,938

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+80.9%

change since 2000 (was #16,333)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,829	Nault	2,941	104,980
#10,834	Tullos	2,940	105,015
#10,835	Woolridge	2,939	105,051
#10,837	Menon	2,938	105,087
#10,844	Fedor	2,937	105,123

Who is named Menon

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

91% of people named Menon identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
White (not Hispanic) 5.0%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Menons

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Aldrovani Menon
Brazilian association football player, born 1972
Anna Menon
American aerospace engineer, astronaut on Polaris Dawn space mission, born 1985
Sandhya Menon
American writer from India
Luiz Cláudio Menon
Brazilian basketball player, born 1944

Notable Menons come mostly from Brazil (2), the United States (1) and India (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Menon

Menon has the Soundex code M550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M550.

Questions

Where does the surname Menon come from?: Borrowed from Malayalam മേനോൻ (mēnōṉ).
How common is the surname Menon?: 2,938 people in the United States had the surname Menon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,087 Americans. It ranked 10,837th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Menon?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Menon identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Menon?: Aldrovani Menon, Brazilian association football player, followed by Anna Menon.
Where is the surname Menon most common?: Wikidata records people named Menon in Brazil, the United States and India.
Is the surname Menon getting more or less common?: More common. 1,624 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,938 in 2010, up 81%.