Family name Mening (Mening 
, Менинг 
, Meininki) , throughout the world, is a rare cognomen. The cognomen Mening is characteristic of Estonia, where it is quite a rare surname, Bulgaria, where it is a rare surname, and Philippines, where it is a very rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in South-eastern Asia, particularly Indonesia, Philippines, and Malaysia. Also, Mening is the forename as well as the last name.