The surname Mendosa
A surname, carried by 3,568 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M532
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,568 people named Mendosa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,532 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,268.
Who is named Mendosa
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Mendosa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
- Two or more races 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Mendosa
Mendosa has the Soundex code M532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M532.
Questions
- How common is the surname Mendosa?
- 3,568 people in the United States had the surname Mendosa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,532 Americans. It ranked 9,144th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Mendosa?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Mendosa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Mendosa getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,268 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,568 in 2010, up 9.2%.