# Mendez (surname)

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

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 161,717 |
| US rank (2010) | 162 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,909 people |
| Change since 2000 | +43% (112,736 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Méndez.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mendez 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) | 4.5% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 94% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mendez in the United States, Argentina, Bolivia, Italy and Cuba.

## People named Mendez

- Héctor Méndez, boxer
- Rafael Méndez, Bolivian footballer (1904-1982)
- Alex Mendez, American soccer player
- Tony Mendez, American CIA technical operations officer and writer
- Mikayla Mendez, American pornographic actress, born 1980
- Sebastián Méndez, Argentine association football player and manager
- Erica Mendez, American voice actress
- Jesús Méndez, Argentine footballer
- Marcelo Méndez, Argentine volleyball coach
- Nicolás Méndez, Argentine volleyball player
- Juan E. Méndez, Argentine lawyer and activist
- Javier Méndez, baseball player

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Mendoza, Mendes, Mendosa, Mentzer, Mendizabal, Montgomery, Montes, Montague, Montez, Mandujano, Mintz, Montesdeoca.

## 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.