de Mendes Surname

1,082,743rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 228 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Mendes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Mendes Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil2201:973,06534,571
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
England21:27,859,030389,889
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

de Mendes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Mendes Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de Mendes is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Mendes? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,082,743rd most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 31,962,921 people. The surname de Mendes is predominantly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of de Mendes reside; 96 percent reside in South America and 96 percent reside in Luso-South America.

de Mendes is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 220 people, or 1 in 973,065. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Pernambuco, where 23 percent reside, São Paulo, where 13 percent reside and Rio Grande do Sul, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Brazil de Mendes is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Mendez89193/
da Mendes894/
de Mendis891/
da Mende827/
de Menda821/
da Mendez7816/
de Méndez7813/
de Mèndez781/
da Mendiz674/
Dit Mendy671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Mendes
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