How common is the surname Mendelson?

2,439 people in the United States had the surname Mendelson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,587 Americans. It ranked 12,670th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mendelson?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Mendelson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mendelson?

Lee Mendelson, American television producer.

Where is the surname Mendelson most common?

Wikidata records people named Mendelson in the United States.

How do you pronounce Mendelson?

Mendelson is /ˈmɛndəlsən/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Mendelson getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,480 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,439 in 2010, down 1.7%.

What are other spellings of Mendelson?

Mandelson, Mendelsohn, Mendelssohn and Menderson.

The surname Mendelson

A German surname, carried by 2,439 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmɛndəlsən/ 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). Mendelson is more common than 92.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,439 people named Mendelson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 126,587 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,480.

#12,670

rank among US surnames

2,439

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,610)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,661	Basquez	2,442	126,431
#12,662	Horrell	2,441	126,483
#12,667	Klee	2,440	126,535
#12,670	Gilland	2,439	126,587
#12,676	Villasana	2,438	126,639

Who is named Mendelson

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

94% of people named Mendelson identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mendelsons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lee Mendelson
American television producer, 1933–2019

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Mandelson
Mendelsohn
Mendelssohn
Menderson

Surnames that sound like Mendelson

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mendelson come from?: Anglicised from German Mendelssohn or directly from its etymon, Yiddish מענדעלסאָן (mendelson).
How common is the surname Mendelson?: 2,439 people in the United States had the surname Mendelson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,587 Americans. It ranked 12,670th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mendelson?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Mendelson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mendelson?: Lee Mendelson, American television producer.
Where is the surname Mendelson most common?: Wikidata records people named Mendelson in the United States.
How do you pronounce Mendelson?: Mendelson is /ˈmɛndəlsən/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Mendelson getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,480 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,439 in 2010, down 1.7%.
What are other spellings of Mendelson?: Mandelson, Mendelsohn, Mendelssohn and Menderson.