The Mentz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 833 people carried this name — #28,618 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 795 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 68 people named Mentz.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bas-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 Argentina’s national register
At least 65 people named Mentz 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 Tucumán.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Mentz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hendrik Mentz 1870–1938 · politician -
Johannes Clementis Mentzius 1550–1606 · vicar
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Johannes Clementis Mentzius 1550–1606 · vicar
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Georg Mentz 1602–1672 · theologian
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Friedrich Mentz 1650– · goldsmith
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Dirk Mentz 1785–1847 · engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mentz.
- Mens 142 · U.S. census
- Mensah 4,209 · U.S. census
- Mensch 1,406 · U.S. census
- Menta 502 · U.S. census
- Mentel 457 · U.S. census
- Mention 334 · U.S. census
- Mentzer 3,410 · U.S. census
- Meny 233 · U.S. census
- Menzel 2,553 · U.S. census
- Menzer 671 · U.S. census
- Meo 901 · U.S. census
- Meoni 120 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Mentz is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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