The Mennel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 215 people carried this name — #86,645 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,428,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 210 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 118 people named Mennel.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
104 people named Mennel live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 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
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.
Who carried it
People named Mennel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Faustinus Mennel 1824–1889 · Catholic theologian -
Jakob Mennel 1460– · jurist
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Georg Mennel 1812–1892 · Catholic theologian
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Amalie Mennel 1876–1942
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Alois Mennel 1894–1948 · painter
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Othmar Mennel 1923–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mennel.
- Menicucci 271 · U.S. census
- Menier 253 · U.S. census
- Menin 146 · U.S. census
- Menis 181 · U.S. census
- Menn 500 · U.S. census
- Menne 1,051 · U.S. census
- Mennella 736 · U.S. census
- Menon 2,938 · U.S. census
- Menotti 283 · U.S. census
- Menozzi 125 · U.S. census
- Mens 142 · U.S. census
- Mensah 4,209 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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