# Mendelsohn (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mendelsohn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,096 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,286 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 147,302 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.0% (1,996 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mendelsohn in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mendelsohn in the United States and Australia.

## People named Mendelsohn

- Ben Mendelsohn, Australian actor
- Daniel Mendelsohn, American writer
- Carol Mendelsohn, American television writer
- John Mendelsohn, American doctor (1936-2019)
- Robert S. Mendelsohn, American pediatrician (1926-1988)

## Similar surnames

Mendelson, Mendiola, Mendel, Mendell, Mendola, Montalvo, Montiel, Montelongo, Mandel, Monteleone, Mandell, Montalbano.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.