The Mendosa surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,568 people carried this name — #9,144 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 82,600 people counted. That is up 9% from 3,268 in 2000.

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In print

Mendosa in American newspapers,
1891–1892.

Newspaper page from The Silver State carrying the name Mendosa
The Silver State 1892-05-14
Newspaper page from The Silver State carrying the name Mendosa
The Silver State 1891-10-28
Newspaper page from The Silver State carrying the name Mendosa
The Silver State 1892-05-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,458 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Mendosa in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1960s.

61 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mendosa. The most, 17, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 24
Victoria 21
Western Australia 7
ACT (Canberra) 3
New South Wales 2
South Australia 1
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mendosa.

In the public record

People named Mendosa,
in the records of 3 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 States101 records

101 records of the Mendosa name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 69
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 15
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 11
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert R. Mendosa

    Born 1926 in Mexico. Enlisted 1945 at Amarillo Army Air Field, Texas; serviceman from Santa Cruz County, Arizona.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Joh Mendosa

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Oder from Hamburg, aged 22; merchant. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Cesaria Mendosa

    Born 1881 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Grant County, New Mexico, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 101 records for Mendosa in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Mendosa name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Rebecca Mendosa

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1826 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Mendosa in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Mendosa 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 Andres Gorgonio Mendosa

    Born 1925 in Spain; died 1991 in Briançon (Hautes-Alpes).

    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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