The Mendieta surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,630 people carried this name — #7,209 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 63,700 people counted. That is up 51% from 3,076 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 12,187 people named Mendieta 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 5,383
Entre Ríos 1,196
Santa Fe 1,020
City of Buenos Aires 785
Corrientes 526
Formosa 495
Salta 476
Misiones 464

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

42 people named Mendieta live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 14
Aargau 6
Basel-Stadt 6
Geneva 6
Zurich 4
Bern 3
Basel-Landschaft 3

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 print

Mendieta in American newspapers,
1906–1918.

Newspaper page from The Kanabec County Times carrying the name Mendieta
The Kanabec County Times 1906-08-31
Newspaper page from Pine Bluff Daily Graphic carrying the name Mendieta
Pine Bluff Daily Graphic 1918-12-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 695 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Mendieta,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Carlos Mendieta
    Carlos Mendieta 1873–1960 · politician
  • Francisco de Mendieta y Retes 1556– · historian
  • Juan Gualberto Mendieta 1750–1899 · politician
  • Salvador Mendieta 1879–1958 · writer
  • Ascensión Mendieta Ibarra 1925–2019 · political activist
  • Ana Mendieta 1948–1985 · photographer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Mendieta,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States47 records

47 records of the Mendieta name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 31
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 9
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Guillermo R. Mendieta

    Born 1921 in Texas. Enlisted 1940 at Kingsville, from Kleberg County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Max R. Mendieta

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1989; buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Amanda Mendieta

    Born 1918 in Nicaragua. Registered as a foreign national in Los Angeles, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 47 records for Mendieta in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

France3 records

3 records of the Mendieta name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Juana Mendieta

    Born 1898 in Spain; died 1997 in Neung-sur-Beuvron (Loir-et-Cher).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Santiago Mendieta

    Born 1933 in Spain; died 2000 in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Paula Manuela Mendieta

    Born 1913 in Spain; died 1991 in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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