The Mensch surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,406 people carried this name — #19,275 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 208,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,406).
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 146 people named Mensch.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 118 people named Mensch live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
57 people named Mensch live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
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 Mensch,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ella Mensch 1859–1935 · writer -
Hermann Mensch 1831–1914 · writer
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Gerhard Mensch 1880–1975 · civil engineer
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Gerhard Mensch 1880–1940 · civil engineer
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Yehudit Mensch 1901–1972 · writer
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Gerhard Mensch 1937–2021 · economist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mensch.
- 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
- Menta 502 · U.S. census
- Mentel 457 · U.S. census
- Mention 334 · U.S. census
- Mentz 833 · U.S. census
- Mentzer 3,410 · U.S. census
- Meny 233 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Mensch is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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