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The Menges surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,837 people carried this name — #15,845 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,758 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 210 people named Menges.

51 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 51
Bas-Rhin 55
Moselle 51
Paris 11
Haut-Rhin 9
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 5
Meuse 4
Hauts-de-Seine 4
Yvelines 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

32 people named Menges live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 18
Bern 4
Thurgau 4
Basel-Landschaft 3
Zug 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 24 people named Menges live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 14
City of Buenos Aires 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Menges in American newspapers,
1920–1930.

Newspaper page from St. Paul Tidende carrying the name Menges
St. Paul Tidende 1920-10-29
Newspaper page from Ajo Copper News carrying the name Menges
Ajo Copper News 1922-02-11
Newspaper page from Douglas Daily Dispatch carrying the name Menges
Douglas Daily Dispatch 1930-10-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 167,602 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Menges,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Franklin Menges
    Franklin Menges 1858–1956 · politician
  • Georg Ernst Menges d. 1905 · politician
  • Ludwig Menges 1811–1898 · jurist
  • Joseph Menges 1821–1877 · lord of the manor
  • Wilhelm von Menges 1846–1916 · military officer
  • Josef Menges 1850–1910 · naturalist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Menges.

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