The Mendy surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 312 people carried this name — #63,873 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 78% from 175 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Mendy surname
Derived from the Manjak language.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mendy» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,446 people named Mendy.
Most of them — 1,003 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 301 people named Mendy 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
137 people named Mendy live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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
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
61 people named Mendy is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Mendy in American newspapers,
1898–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,131 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mendy,
with a public archive behind them.
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Dominic Mendy 1959– · politician -
Jean Baptiste Mendy 1963–2020 · boxer -
Kephren 1967– · composer -
Frédéric Mendy 1973– · association football player -
Bernard Mendy 1981– · association football coach
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 134 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mendy.
- Menconi 415 · U.S. census
- Mendel 2,642 · U.S. census
- Mendes 10,162 · U.S. census
- Mendez 161,717 · U.S. census
- Mendonca 3,654 · U.S. census
- Mendoza 242,771 · U.S. census
- Mene 148 · U.S. census
- Meneghetti 129 · U.S. census
- Meneghin 125 · U.S. census
- Meneghini 211 · U.S. census
- Menendez 11,609 · U.S. census
- Menes 445 · U.S. census
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