# Mendelson (surname)

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

An originally Jewish surname from German or Yiddish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,439 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,670 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 126,587 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.7% (2,480 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɛndəlsən/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Mandelson, Mendelsohn, Mendelssohn, Menderson |

## Etymology

Anglicised from German Mendelssohn or directly from its etymon, Yiddish מענדעלסאָן (mendelson).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mendelson 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mendelson in the United States.

## People named Mendelson

- Lee Mendelson, American television producer

## Similar surnames

Mendelsohn, 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.