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Early Origins of the Meng family

The surname Meng was first found in at the foundations of Venice (Italian: Venezia), with the Minotto family.

Early History of the Meng family

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Meng Spelling Variations

Enormous variation in spelling and form characterizes those Italian names that originated in the medieval era. This is caused by two main factors: regional tradition, and inaccuracies in the recording process. Before the last few hundred years, scribes spelled names according to their sounds. Spelling variations were the unsurprising result. The variations of Meng include Menico, Menichi, Menech, Minico, Minichi, Menego, Meneghi, Menega, Menoga, Menoghi, Minigo, Menco, Menchi, Menci, Minco, Mengo, Menghi, Menga, Mingo, Minghi, Meni, Misotti, Minuziano, Mingoti, Menochio, Minelli, Minnelli, Menis, De Minico, Menichelli, Minichelli, Minichiello, Meneghelli, Meneghello, Meneghel, Menichini, Minichini, Minichino, Meneghini, Meniconi, Meneghino, Meneghin, Menicucci, Minicucci, Meneguzzi, Menoncini and many more.

Early Notables of the Meng family

Prominent among members of the family was Rosso Misotti, leader of the Ghibeline faction in Ferrara in 1203. Members of the Venetian Minotto family were brave soldiers: in 1265 Tommaso Minotto led the army against the Genoese forces; and in 1300 Marco Minotto was General of 37 ships which fought against the Greeks; Alessandro Minuziano was an editor and printer in Puglia in 1450 who printed the first edition of the collected works of Cicero; Giacomo Menochio was a prominent jurist...
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Meng Ranking

In the United States, the name Meng is the 12,770th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [1]


United States Meng migration to the United States +

Immigrants bearing the name Meng or a variant listed above include:

Meng Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Johan Christoph Meng, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1728 aboard the ship "Mortonhouse John Coultas" [2]
  • Xtophel Meng, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1728 [2]
  • Johann Adam Meng, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1750 [2]
  • Melchior Meng, who landed in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania in 1751 [2]
  • Michael Meng, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1752 [2]
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Meng Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Philip Meng, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1803-1827 [2]
  • Heinrich Peter Meng, who landed in Brazil in 1835 [2]
  • Philipp Karl Meng, who arrived in South America in 1861 [2]
  • Karl Ludwig Meng, who arrived in Brazil in 1870 [2]
  • Frederick Meng, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1871 [2]
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Contemporary Notables of the name Meng (post 1700) +

  • Werner Meng (1948-2016), German jurist
  • Wang Meng (b. 1934), Chinese novelist


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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