Mensah
Mensah is an African family name.
origin
Mensah is one of the most common surnames in West Africa , especially in Togo , Ivory Coast and Ghana (comparable to the German names Müller , Meier , Schmidt ). It occurs in the Akan or Twi languages and means something like " the third ". Due to the frequency, the name is often used as a double name in order to be able to differentiate between different families (e.g. Nunoo-Mensah or Tachie-Mensah ).
Name bearer
- Alexander Tachie-Mensah (* 1977), Ghanaian soccer player
- Amewu Mensah (* 1977), German high jumper
- Anthony Mensah (* 1972), Ghanaian soccer goalkeeper
- Ayaovi Mensah ( King Mensah ; * 1971), Togolese musician
- Baba Mensah (* 1994), Ghanaian soccer player
- Bernard Mensah (* 1994), Ghanaian soccer player
- Cédric Mensah (* 1989), Togolese football goalkeeper
- Daniel Mensah (* 1968), Ghanaian coffin artist
- Emmanuel Mensah (* 1988), Ghanaian tennis player
- Eric Mensah (* 1994), Togolese soccer player
- Evans Mensah (* 1998), Ghanaian soccer player
- Gideon Mensah (* 1998), Ghanaian soccer player
- Irmela Mensah-Schramm (* 1945), German curative educator and human rights activist
- James Kwame Bebaako Mensah (* 1941), Ghanaian diplomat
- Jeff Mensah (* 1992), Danish soccer player
- John Mensah (* 1982), Ghanaian soccer player
- Jonathan Mensah (* 1990), Ghanaian soccer player
- Joseph Henry Mensah (1928–2018), Ghanaian politician
- Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (* 1939), Ghanaian military leader and member of the 1982 military junta
- Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah (* 1981), American-Ghanaian wrestler
- Kofi Mensah (* 1978), Dutch football player
- Kwabena Mensah-Bonsu (* 1944), Ghanaian diplomat
- Mads Mensah Larsen (* 1991), Danish handball player
- Margaret Mensah-Williams (* 1961), Namibian politician, chairwoman of the National Council
- Paul Mensah (* 1999), Ghanaian soccer player
- Peter Mensah (* 1959), Canadian-Ghanaian actor
- Pops Mensah-Bonsu (born 1983), British basketball player
- Priscilla Mensah (* 1974), Ghanaian soccer player
- Robert Mensah (1939–1971), Ghanaian soccer player
- Simon Osei-Mensah (* 1961), Ghanaian politician (NPP)
- Stephan Mensah (* 2000), German-Ghanaian soccer player
- Tamyra Mensah-Stock (* 1992), American wrestler
- Thomas Aboagye Mensah (* 1932), Ghanaian lawyer and President of the International Tribunal for the Sea
- Thomas Kwaku Mensah (1935–2016), Ghanaian clergyman, Archbishop of Kumasi
- Timothy Fosu-Mensah (* 1998), Dutch football player
- Vincent Mensah (1924-2010), Roman Catholic Bishop of Porto Novo
- Vivian Mensah (* 1972), Ghanaian soccer player
Individual evidence
- ^ Mensah Surname. In: forebears.io , accessed May 30, 2020.