# Mendonca (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,654 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,959 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 84,495 people |
| Change since 2000 | +16% (3,157 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mendonca 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) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 6.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 4.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mendonca in Brazil.

## People named Mendonca

- Marília Mendonça, Brazilian singer, songwriter and instrumentalist (1995–2021)
- Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazilian film director
- Maria Luísa Mendonça, Brazilian actress
- André Mendonça, Brazilian lawyer, Minister of Supreme Court
- Mauro Mendonça, Brazilian actor
- Eleonora Mendonça, Brazilian athletics competitor
- Bruno Mendonça, Brazilian judoka
- Walter Wanderley, Brazilian pianist, organist and arranger (1932-1986) of Bossa Nova and latin jazz

## Similar surnames

Mendenhall, Montano, Montanez, Minton, Montenegro, Montemayor, Montana, Mountain, Munden, Montanaro, Manton.

## 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.