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Menhinick Family History

Menhinick Surname Meaning

Probably from Mellionec farm in Colan (Cornwall), recorded as Melihonec in the early 13th century and Mellyonek in 150. The place-name derives from an adjectival form of Middle Cornish melhyonen ‘clover plant’. A surname Melyonek derived from this place occurs in the 14th to 16th centuries.

The earliest known bearer of the surname Menhinick, John Menhenek in 1522 (Helland), was also called John Melyonek. The surname spread in the Bodmin area in the later 16th and the 17th centuries.

The variant Menhinett is first found in 1641 (Bodmin). The parish of Menheniot and the farm of Menheniot in Saint Stephen by Launceston (of different derivation from one another) could theoretically have produced a surname Menhenek, but neither of those seems to have given rise to an inherited surname.

Surnames in this group were occasionally confused with ones of the shape Menwenick (from a farm of that name in Trewen), but the two groups usually remained distinct.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Menhinick families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Menhinick family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Scotland between 1880 and 1920. The most Menhinick families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 47 Menhinick families living in Cornwall. This was about 65% of all the recorded Menhinick's in United Kingdom. Cornwall had the highest population of Menhinick families in 1891.
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What did your Menhinick ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Bookseller and Unpaid Domestic Duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Menhinick. 50% of Menhinick men worked as a Bookseller and 100% of Menhinick women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Male Occupations In 1939

  • Bookseller
    50%
  • Farmer
    50%

Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    100%

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There are 129 military records available for the last name Menhinick. For the veterans among your Menhinick ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Between 1962 and 2004, in the United States, Menhinick life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1977, and highest in 1980. The average life expectancy for Menhinick in 1962 was 71, and 68 in 2004.

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