How common is the surname Mendez?

161,717 people in the United States had the surname Mendez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,909 Americans. It ranked 162nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mendez?

Héctor Méndez, boxer, followed by Rafael Méndez.

Where is the surname Mendez most common?

Wikidata records people named Mendez in the United States, Argentina and Bolivia and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Mendez getting more or less common?

More common. 112,736 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 161,717 in 2010, up 43%.

The surname Mendez

A Spanish surname, carried by 161,717 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). Mendez is more common than 99.9% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Méndez.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 161,717 people named Mendez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,909 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 112,736.

#162

rank among US surnames

161,717

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+43.4%

change since 2000 (was #242)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#153	Tucker	167,446	1,844
#154	Guzman	167,044	1,848
#155	Burns	165,925	1,861
#156	Crawford	164,457	1,877
#157	Olson	164,035	1,882
#158	Simpson	163,181	1,892
#159	Porter	163,054	1,894

Who is named Mendez

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

94% of people named Mendez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 4.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Two or more races 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Mendezs

14 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Héctor Méndez
Boxer, 1897–1977
Rafael Méndez
Bolivian footballer (1904-1982)
Alex Mendez
American soccer player, born 2000
Tony Mendez
American CIA technical operations officer and writer, 1940–2019
Mikayla Mendez
American pornographic actress, born 1980
Sebastián Méndez
Argentine association football player and manager, born 1977
Erica Mendez
American voice actress, born 1988
Jesús Méndez
Argentine footballer, born 1984
Marcelo Méndez
Argentine volleyball coach, born 1964
Nicolás Méndez
Argentine volleyball player, born 1992
Juan E. Méndez
Argentine lawyer and activist, born 1944
Javier Méndez
Baseball player, born 1964

Notable Mendezs come mostly from the United States (6), Argentina (5) and Bolivia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mendez

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

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mendez come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Méndez.
How common is the surname Mendez?: 161,717 people in the United States had the surname Mendez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,909 Americans. It ranked 162nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mendez?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Mendez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mendez?: Héctor Méndez, boxer, followed by Rafael Méndez.
Where is the surname Mendez most common?: Wikidata records people named Mendez in the United States, Argentina and Bolivia and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Mendez getting more or less common?: More common. 112,736 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 161,717 in 2010, up 43%.