Find out how popular the last name Menes is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Menes.

Menes, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Menes surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Menes in America

Menes is the 47614th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Menes surname appeared 445 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Menes.

We can also compare 2010 data for Menes to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Menes

The surname MENES has its origins in ancient Egypt, where it was the name of the first ruler of the Early Dynastic Period, who is believed to have lived around 3100 BC. This pharaoh is credited with uniting Upper and Lower Egypt into a single kingdom and founding the capital city of Memphis.

The name MENES is derived from the ancient Egyptian word "mn", which means "enduring" or "established". It is likely that the surname MENES was adopted by individuals or families who traced their lineage back to this legendary figure or who were associated with the city of Memphis.

In ancient Egyptian records and inscriptions, the name MENES appears frequently, particularly in references to the early dynasties of Egypt. One notable example is the Palermo Stone, a fragment of a historical document from around 2500 BC that lists the kings of early Egypt, including MENES.

The earliest known individual to bear the surname MENES was Amenhotep, son of Hapu, who lived during the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt (c. 1550-1292 BC). He was a renowned architect and scribe who designed and oversaw the construction of many important temples and monuments, including the mortuary temple of Amenhotep III at Thebes.

Another notable figure with the surname MENES was Ptolemy Philadelphus, who ruled as the Pharaoh of Egypt from 285 BC to 246 BC. He was a member of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, which was founded after the death of Alexander the Great, and was known for his patronage of the arts and sciences.

In the medieval period, the surname MENES appears in various chronicles and records from the Middle East and Europe. One such individual was Abu Bakr al-Menes, a 10th-century Arab scholar and mathematician who made significant contributions to the field of algebra.

During the Renaissance, the surname MENES was borne by several notable artists and scholars, including the Italian painter and architect Giulio Menes (c. 1510-1572), who was best known for his frescoes in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence.

In more recent history, the surname MENES has been associated with several influential figures in politics, literature, and academia. One example is the Egyptian writer and journalist Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006), who was the first Arabic novelist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1988.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Menes

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Menes.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Menes was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Menes has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Menes was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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