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The Mendez surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 161,717 people carried this name — #162 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,820 people counted. That is up 43% from 112,736 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Mendez surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From Mendo + -ez.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Mendez» (English) and «Méndez» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 90,174 people named Mendez live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 33,078
City of Buenos Aires 7,060
Mendoza 6,116
Jujuy 4,483
Santa Fe 4,351
Salta 3,930
Misiones 3,626
Neuquén 3,404

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 899 people named Mendez.

371 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 59 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 371
Bouches-du-Rhône 54
Hérault 50
Rhône 45
Hauts-de-Seine 38
Isère 33
Gard 28
Paris 26
Tarn 23

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

776 people named Mendez live in Switzerland.

They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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Where they live today

Zurich 178
Geneva 116
Vaud 101
Bern 63
St. Gallen 57
Aargau 39
Valais 35
Ticino 27

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

81 people named Mendez is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 81

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Mendez in American newspapers,
1914–1920.

Newspaper page from Macon Beacon carrying the name Mendez
Macon Beacon 1914-09-11
Newspaper page from The Caldwell Watchman carrying the name Mendez
The Caldwell Watchman 1914-08-08
Newspaper page from Vernon Parish Democrat carrying the name Mendez
Vernon Parish Democrat 1920-10-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 45,002 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Mendez,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Felipe Mendez
    Felipe Mendez 1897–2000 · paleontologist
  • Marten Mendez
    Marten Mendez 1916–1994 · badminton player
  • Gloria Marín
    Gloria Marín 1919–1983 · actor
  • Tony Mendez
    Tony Mendez 1940–2019 · writer
  • Angel Mendez
    Angel Mendez 1946–1967 · military personnel

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 141 lives in all are documented under this name.

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