The surname Mendiola
A Spanish surname, carried by 10,752 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex M534
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Mendiola, from Basque Mendiola (literally “mountain hut”).
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 10,752 people named Mendiola in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,715 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,980.
Who is named Mendiola
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
75% of people named Mendiola identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 15% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 75%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 15%
- White (not Hispanic) 6.6%
- Two or more races 3.0%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Mendiola
Mendiola has the Soundex code M534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M534.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Mendiola come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Mendiola, from Basque Mendiola (literally “mountain hut”).
- How common is the surname Mendiola?
- 10,752 people in the United States had the surname Mendiola in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,715 Americans. It ranked 3,337th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Mendiola?
- In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Mendiola identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 15% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Mendiola getting more or less common?
- More common. 7,980 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,752 in 2010, up 35%.