How common is the surname Mendes?

10,162 people in the United States had the surname Mendes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,382 Americans. It ranked 3,514th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mendes?

In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Mendes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mendes?

Camila Mendes, American actress, followed by Sérgio Mendes.

Where is the surname Mendes most common?

Wikidata records people named Mendes in Brazil, the United States and Qatar.

Is the surname Mendes getting more or less common?

More common. 8,034 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,162 in 2010, up 27%.

The surname Mendes

A Portuguese surname, carried by 10,162 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mendes is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

Portuguese origin

Borrowed from Portuguese Mendes.

One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,162 people named Mendes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,382 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,034.

#3,514

rank among US surnames

10,162

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+26.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,077)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,505	Andrus	10,197	30,278
#3,506	Glick	10,196	30,281
#3,507	Everhart	10,186	30,311
#3,508	Ahrens	10,182	30,323
#3,510	Chapin	10,175	30,344
#3,511	Hodgson	10,173	30,350
#3,513	Lanham	10,170	30,358

Who is named Mendes

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

56% of people named Mendes identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 56%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 24%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.1%
Two or more races 2.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mendess

20 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Camila Mendes
American actress, born 1994
Sérgio Mendes
Brazilian musician (1941–2024)
Lucas Mendes
Brazilian and Qatari association football player, born 1990
Chico Mendes
Brazilian trade union leader and environmentalist (1944–1988)
Thiago Mendes
Brazilian footballer, born 1992
Bruno Mendes
Brazilian association football player, born 1994
Holneiker Mendes
Brazilian association football player, born 1995
Chad Mendes
American wrestler and mixed martial artist (born 1985)
Carlos Mendes
American soccer player (born 1980)
Daniel Mendes
Brazilian footballer and manager, born 1981
Gilberto Mendes
Brazilian composer, university professor and researcher (1922–2016)
Douglas Mendes
Brazilian footballer, born 2004

Notable Mendess come mostly from Brazil (14), the United States (5) and Qatar (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mendes

Mendes has the Soundex code M532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M532.

Other Portuguese surnames

All 71 Portuguese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mendes come from?: Borrowed from Portuguese Mendes.
How common is the surname Mendes?: 10,162 people in the United States had the surname Mendes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,382 Americans. It ranked 3,514th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mendes?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Mendes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mendes?: Camila Mendes, American actress, followed by Sérgio Mendes.
Where is the surname Mendes most common?: Wikidata records people named Mendes in Brazil, the United States and Qatar.
Is the surname Mendes getting more or less common?: More common. 8,034 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,162 in 2010, up 27%.