How common is the surname Mensah?

4,209 people in the United States had the surname Mensah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,354 Americans. It ranked 7,863rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mensah?

Gideon Mensah, association football player, followed by Tamyra Mensah-Stock.

Where is the surname Mensah most common?

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

Is the surname Mensah getting more or less common?

More common. 2,153 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,209 in 2010, up 96%.

The surname Mensah

A surname, carried by 4,209 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mensah is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,209 people named Mensah in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,354 Americans. That is up 96% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,153.

#7,863

rank among US surnames

4,209

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+95.5%

change since 2000 (was #13,048)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,857	Borkowski	4,212	73,301
#7,858	Florio	4,211	73,319
#7,859	Leasure	4,210	73,336
#7,863	Moller	4,209	73,354
#7,866	Plourde	4,208	73,371

Who is named Mensah

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

96% of people named Mensah identified as Black (not Hispanic), 1.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 96%
White (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Mensahs

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gideon Mensah
Association football player, born 1998
Tamyra Mensah-Stock
American wrestler, born 1992
Vivan Mensah
Association football player, born 1972
Vic Mensa
American rapper and singer, born 1993

Notable Mensahs come mostly from Ghana (2) and the United States (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mensah

Mensah 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 Mensah?: 4,209 people in the United States had the surname Mensah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,354 Americans. It ranked 7,863rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mensah?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Mensah identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mensah?: Gideon Mensah, association football player, followed by Tamyra Mensah-Stock.
Where is the surname Mensah most common?: Wikidata records people named Mensah in Ghana and the United States.
Is the surname Mensah getting more or less common?: More common. 2,153 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,209 in 2010, up 96%.