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    The surname Mensch

    A surname, carried by 1,406 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M520

    Mensch: #19,275 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mensch #19,275, 1,406 people Mensch: #19,275 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mensch #19,275, 1,406 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mensch is more common than 88.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,406 people named Mensch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 219,591 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,406.

    #19,275
    rank among US surnames
    1,406
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    0%
    change since 2000 (was #18,230)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,266Kindt1,407219,435
    #19,275Hanus1,406219,591
    #19,282Lovitt1,405219,748

    Who is named Mensch

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

    98% of people named Mensch identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Menschs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bill Mensch
      American computer chip engineer, born 1945

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mensch

    Mensch 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 Mensch?
    1,406 people in the United States had the surname Mensch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,591 Americans. It ranked 19,275th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mensch?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Mensch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Mensch?
    Bill Mensch, American computer chip engineer.
    Where is the surname Mensch most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mensch in the United States.
    Is the surname Mensch getting more or less common?
    About as common. 1,406 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,406 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.