How common is the surname Mendell?

1,302 people in the United States had the surname Mendell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 237,132 Americans. It ranked 20,408th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mendell?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Mendell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Mendell getting more or less common?

More common. 1,126 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,302 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Mendell

A surname, carried by 1,302 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). Mendell is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,302 people named Mendell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 237,132 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,126.

#20,408

rank among US surnames

1,302

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+15.6%

change since 2000 (was #21,590)

Who is named Mendell

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

91% of people named Mendell identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mendell

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

Questions

How common is the surname Mendell?: 1,302 people in the United States had the surname Mendell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 237,132 Americans. It ranked 20,408th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mendell?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Mendell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Mendell getting more or less common?: More common. 1,126 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,302 in 2010, up 16%.