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The Mendonca surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,654 people carried this name — #8,959 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,600 people counted. That is up 16% from 3,157 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Mendonca surname

A surname from Basque.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mendonça» (Portuguese), 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 544 people named Mendonca 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 244
City of Buenos Aires 155
Misiones 50
Chubut 43
Santa Fe 36
Tucumán 16

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

287 people named Mendonca live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 71
Geneva 53
Valais 33
Zurich 30
Bern 23
Aargau 15
Fribourg 12
Neuchâtel 9

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 73 people named Mendonca.

Most of them — 48 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Vienne.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 48
Vienne 5
Aveyron 3
Isère 3
Val-de-Marne 2
Hauts-de-Seine 2
Pas-de-Calais 2
Paris 2
Seine-Maritime 2

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

In print

Mendonca in American newspapers,
1891–1960.

Newspaper page from The Portland Daily Press carrying the name Mendonca
The Portland Daily Press 1891-10-02
Newspaper page from The Winslow Mail carrying the name Mendonca
The Winslow Mail 1926-01-15
Newspaper page from The Southern Jewish Weekly carrying the name Mendonca
The Southern Jewish Weekly 1940-08-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,391 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Mendonca,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gaelyn Mendonca
    Gaelyn Mendonca 1988– · actor
  • Leon Luke Mendonca
    Leon Luke Mendonca 2006– · chess player
  • Manuel Mendonca 1932– · professor
  • Ivor Mendonca 1934–2014 · cricketer
  • Gilbert Mendonca 1952–2025 · politician
  • Clive Mendonca 1968– · association football player

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 16 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Mendonca.

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