Menon History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

• Origins Available:
• Ireland
• Italy

Etymology of Menon

The original Gaelic form of Menon was Ó Mainnin.

Early Origins of the Menon family

Early History of the Menon family

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Menon Spelling Variations

In the Middle Ages many people were recorded under different spellings each time their name was written down. Research on the Menon family name revealed numerous spelling variations, including Mannion, O'Mannin, O'Mannion, Mannyan, Mennon and many more.

Early Notables of the Menon family

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Menon Ranking

France, the name Menon is the 7,602^nd most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Menon family

Ireland saw an enormous decrease in its population in the 19th century due to immigration and death. This pattern of immigration began slowly in the late 18th century and gradually grew throughout the early portion of the 19th century. However, a dramatic increase in the country's immigration numbers occurred when the Great Potato Famine struck in the 1840s. The early immigrants to North America were primarily destined to be farmers tending to their own plot of land, those that came later initially settled within pre-established urban centers. These urban immigrants provided the cheap labor that the fast developing United States and soon to be Canada required. Regardless of their new lifestyle in North America, the Irish immigrants to the United States and Canada made invaluable contributions to their newly adopted societies. An investigation of immigrant and passenger lists revealed many Menons: Mary Mannon, who settled in New England in 1721; as well as Edward, James, John and Patrick Manion, who all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860..