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    The surname Mendenhall

    A surname, carried by 10,213 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M535

    Mendenhall: #3,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Mendenhall #3,499, 10,213 people Mendenhall: #3,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mendenhall #3,499, 10,213 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mendenhall is more common than 97.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,213 people named Mendenhall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,231 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,988.

    #3,499
    rank among US surnames
    10,213
    people in 2010
    3.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #3,291)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,490Searcy10,24330,142
    #3,491Logsdon10,24230,145
    #3,492Culbertson10,24030,151
    #3,493Glaser10,23530,166
    #3,494Weems10,23130,177
    #3,495McCallum10,22930,183
    #3,496Neil10,22830,186

    Who is named Mendenhall

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

    88% of people named Mendenhall identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mendenhalls

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • David Mendenhall
      American actor, born 1971
    • Thomas Corwin Mendenhall
      American physicist and meteorologist (1841-1924)
    • Erin Mendenhall
      American politician, born 1980

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mendenhall

    Mendenhall has the Soundex code M535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M535.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Mendenhall?
    10,213 people in the United States had the surname Mendenhall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,231 Americans. It ranked 3,499th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mendenhall?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Mendenhall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Mendenhall?
    David Mendenhall, American actor, followed by Thomas Corwin Mendenhall.
    Where is the surname Mendenhall most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mendenhall in the United States.
    Is the surname Mendenhall getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,988 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,213 in 2010, up 2.3%.