How common is the surname Mendel?

2,642 people in the United States had the surname Mendel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,861 Americans. It ranked 11,846th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mendel?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Mendel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Mendel most common?

Wikidata records people named Mendel in the United States.

Is the surname Mendel getting more or less common?

More common. 2,574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,642 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Mendel

A surname, carried by 2,642 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M534

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mendel is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

* As a south German surname, variant of Meindl, from a pet form of Mein. * As a Jewish given name, from the Yiddish personal name מענדל (Mendl), a diminutive form of מאַן (man, “man”), an affectionate form of מנחם (m'nachém), or ultimately from Old Spanish Mendes through Ladino.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,642 people named Mendel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,861 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,574.

#11,846

rank among US surnames

2,642

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #11,273)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,839	Begin	2,644	116,772
#11,843	Demuth	2,643	116,816
#11,846	Nordin	2,642	116,861

Who is named Mendel

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

87% of people named Mendel identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mendels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nate Mendel
American bassist, born 1968

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mendel

Mendel has the Soundex code M534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M534.

Questions

Where does the surname Mendel come from?: * As a south German surname, variant of Meindl, from a pet form of Mein. * As a Jewish given name, from the Yiddish personal name מענדל (Mendl), a diminutive form of מאַן (man, “man”), an affectionate form of מנחם (m'nachém), or ultimately from Old Spanish Mendes through Ladino.
How common is the surname Mendel?: 2,642 people in the United States had the surname Mendel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,861 Americans. It ranked 11,846th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mendel?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Mendel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mendel?: Nate Mendel, American bassist.
Where is the surname Mendel most common?: Wikidata records people named Mendel in the United States.
Is the surname Mendel getting more or less common?: More common. 2,574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,642 in 2010, up 2.6%.