# Mensah (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mensah/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,209 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,863 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 73,354 people |
| Change since 2000 | +96% (2,153 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mensah 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) | 1.8% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mensah in Ghana and the United States.

## People named Mensah

- Gideon Mensah, association football player
- Tamyra Mensah-Stock, American wrestler
- Vivan Mensah, association football player
- Vic Mensa, American rapper and singer

## Similar surnames

Means, Menz, Meng, Mensch, Munoz, Muniz, Mims, Manzo, Munguia, Monk, Monaco, Monge.

## 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.