How common is the surname Mendonca?

3,654 people in the United States had the surname Mendonca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,495 Americans. It ranked 8,959th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mendonca?

In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Mendonca identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Mendonca?

Marília Mendonça, Brazilian singer, songwriter and instrumentalist (1995–2021), followed by Kleber Mendonça Filho.

Where is the surname Mendonca most common?

Wikidata records people named Mendonca in Brazil.

Is the surname Mendonca getting more or less common?

More common. 3,157 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,654 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Mendonca

A surname, carried by 3,654 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M535

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mendonca is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,654 people named Mendonca in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,495 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,157.

#8,959

rank among US surnames

3,654

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+15.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,450)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,951	Starcher	3,657	84,426
#8,954	Lavalley	3,656	84,449
#8,956	Cauthen	3,655	84,472
#8,959	Mendonca	3,654	84,495
#8,962	Perlman	3,653	84,518
#8,964	Lafontaine	3,652	84,541

Who is named Mendonca

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

79% of people named Mendonca identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Asian and Pacific Islander 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.8%
Two or more races 4.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mendoncas

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marília Mendonça
Brazilian singer, songwriter and instrumentalist (1995–2021)
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Brazilian film director, born 1968
Maria Luísa Mendonça
Brazilian actress, born 1970
André Mendonça
Brazilian lawyer, Minister of Supreme Court, born 1972
Mauro Mendonça
Brazilian actor, born 1932
Eleonora Mendonça
Brazilian athletics competitor, born 1948
Bruno Mendonça
Brazilian judoka, born 1985
Walter Wanderley
Brazilian pianist, organist and arranger (1932-1986) of Bossa Nova and latin jazz

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mendonca

Mendenhall

Mendonca has the Soundex code M535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M535.

Questions

How common is the surname Mendonca?: 3,654 people in the United States had the surname Mendonca in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,495 Americans. It ranked 8,959th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mendonca?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Mendonca identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Mendonca?: Marília Mendonça, Brazilian singer, songwriter and instrumentalist (1995–2021), followed by Kleber Mendonça Filho.
Where is the surname Mendonca most common?: Wikidata records people named Mendonca in Brazil.
Is the surname Mendonca getting more or less common?: More common. 3,157 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,654 in 2010, up 16%.