How common is the surname Mendelsohn?

2,096 people in the United States had the surname Mendelsohn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,302 Americans. It ranked 14,286th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mendelsohn?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Mendelsohn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mendelsohn?

Ben Mendelsohn, Australian actor, followed by Daniel Mendelsohn.

Where is the surname Mendelsohn most common?

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

Is the surname Mendelsohn getting more or less common?

More common. 1,996 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,096 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Mendelsohn

A surname, carried by 2,096 people in the United States.

3 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). Mendelsohn is more common than 91.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,096 people named Mendelsohn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,302 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,996.

#14,286

rank among US surnames

2,096

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #13,881)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,279	Wiersma	2,097	147,232
#14,286	Lusby	2,096	147,302
#14,294	Oehler	2,095	147,373

Who is named Mendelsohn

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

97% of people named Mendelsohn identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mendelsohns

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ben Mendelsohn
Australian actor, born 1969
Daniel Mendelsohn
American writer, born 1960
Carol Mendelsohn
American television writer, born 1951
John Mendelsohn
American doctor (1936-2019)
Robert S. Mendelsohn
American pediatrician (1926-1988)

Notable Mendelsohns come mostly from the United States (4) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mendelsohn

Mendelsohn 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 Mendelsohn?: 2,096 people in the United States had the surname Mendelsohn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,302 Americans. It ranked 14,286th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mendelsohn?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Mendelsohn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mendelsohn?: Ben Mendelsohn, Australian actor, followed by Daniel Mendelsohn.
Where is the surname Mendelsohn most common?: Wikidata records people named Mendelsohn in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Mendelsohn getting more or less common?: More common. 1,996 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,096 in 2010, up 5.0%.