Menton

See also: menton and mentón

English

Etymology

(surname) variant of Manton.

Proper noun

Menton (countable and uncountable, plural Mentons)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A coastal commune and frontier town adjoining Italy in Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Menton is the 35912^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 625 individuals. Menton is most common among White (71.36%) and Black/African American (20.0%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Menton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 576.