Almenas is a surname of two possible origins: a Lithuanian surname and the spelling of the Swedish surname Almenäs without diacritics.

Kazys Almenas wrote in his memoir Anuomet that his birth name was Alminas and he changed the letter 'i' to 'e' when accepting the American citizenship in order to restore the old Samogitian spelling of the name.Muziejaus trečiadienis. Gyvenimo tikslas – būti lietuviu Kazys Almenas: gyvenime nemažai lemia likimas

Almenäs is a Swedish topographic surname: alm='elm' + -näs = 'headland', 'nose', 'spit'.Nils William Olsson, Some Notes on Swedish Names

Notable people with the surnames include:

Jessica Almenäs (born 1975), Swedish television presenter and reporter Kazys Almenas (1935–2017), Lithuanian physicist, writer, essayist, and publisher

See also

Almena (disambiguation) References