Mende Surname
Approximately 29,098 people bear this surname
Mende Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 12,516 | 1:6,432 | 787 |
| India | 6,276 | 1:122,222 | 7,904 |
| DR Congo | 2,244 | 1:32,923 | 4,102 |
| United States | 1,302 | 1:278,386 | 25,991 |
| Indonesia | 1,245 | 1:106,224 | 10,881 |
| Tanzania | 895 | 1:59,153 | 6,370 |
| Philippines | 796 | 1:127,184 | 21,787 |
| Nigeria | 756 | 1:234,316 | 13,659 |
| Cameroon | 368 | 1:56,438 | 7,285 |
| Papua New Guinea | 309 | 1:26,387 | 2,949 |
| Zambia | 262 | 1:60,496 | 5,474 |
| Brazil | 226 | 1:947,232 | 33,775 |
| Poland | 180 | 1:211,160 | 27,852 |
| Namibia | 147 | 1:16,390 | 2,949 |
| Zimbabwe | 138 | 1:111,871 | 15,325 |
| Australia | 132 | 1:204,513 | 19,950 |
| Japan | 119 | 1:1,074,322 | 20,778 |
| Russia | 114 | 1:1,264,237 | 91,134 |
| Argentina | 100 | 1:427,434 | 32,472 |
| Austria | 89 | 1:95,679 | 13,940 |
| Canada | 77 | 1:478,514 | 41,057 |
| Latvia | 76 | 1:26,974 | 4,129 |
| Switzerland | 64 | 1:128,327 | 12,782 |
| England | 52 | 1:1,071,501 | 51,923 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| South Africa | 43 | 1:1,259,947 | 70,377 |
| France | 36 | 1:1,845,076 | 161,051 |
| Hungary | 35 | 1:280,465 | 21,617 |
| Czechia | 32 | 1:332,296 | 40,874 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Netherlands | 28 | 1:603,113 | 52,179 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | 1:1,003,097 | 24,580 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Mexico | 20 | 1:6,206,310 | 32,158 |
| Taiwan | 19 | 1:1,233,934 | 8,385 |
| Mauritania | 19 | 1:215,519 | 10,553 |
| Ecuador | 17 | 1:935,638 | 14,108 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Paraguay | 14 | 1:516,910 | 6,745 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Serbia | 10 | 1:714,495 | 24,752 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 121 | 1:415,030 | 30,604 |
The alternate forms: Mendé (2) are calculated separately.
Mende (4,000) may also be a first name.
Mende Demographics
Mende Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Mende Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mende Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mende (Georgian: მენდე, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﺪ, Hindi: मेंदे, Marathi: मडे, Oriya: େମେ, Russian: Менде, Tibetan: སྨོན་འབྲེལ་) is most common in Germany. It may also be rendered as: Mendé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mende? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 18,941st most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 250,448 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 46 percent of Mende reside; 44 percent reside in Western Europe and 44 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Mende is also the 110,418th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 4,000 people.
The last name Mende is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 12,516 people, or 1 in 6,432. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Saxony, where 22 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Germany this surname occurs in 93 countries. It also occurs in India, where 22 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.
Mende Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Mende has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Mende last name grew 1,076 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 743 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mende Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Mende surname are 10.13% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.9% registered with the party.
The amount Mende earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 25.13% less than the national average, earning R 177,924 per year; in Colombia they earn 13.61% less than the national average, earning $19,612,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 18.79% more than the national average, earning $51,256 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.42% more than the national average, earning $51,878 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mende Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mende in the Georgian language | ||
| მენდე | mende | - |
| Mende in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﺪ | mnd | - |
| Mende in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྨོན་འབྲེལ་ | möndrel | - |
| Mende in the Oriya language | ||
| େମେ | eme | - |
| Mende in the Hindi language | ||
| मेंदे | mende | 62.5 |
| मेन्दी | mendi | 12.5 |
| मेण्डे | mende | 12.5 |
| मेन्दे | mende | 12.5 |
| Mende in the Marathi language | ||
| मडे | made | 60.16 |
| मदे | made | 21.24 |
| मेन्डे | mende | 6.2 |
| मेन्दे | mende | 4.96 |
| मेढे | medhe | 1.24 |
| मोेंडे | moende | 0.62 |
| मॆंडॆ | mende | 0.62 |
| मेन्ढे | mendhe | 0.62 |
| मेडे | mede | 0.62 |
| मेटे | mete | 0.31 |
| मेंडे | mende | 0.31 |
| मेऩ्ढे | mendhe | 0.31 |
| मेद | meda | 0.31 |
| मॆडॆ | mede | 0.31 |
| मन्डे | mande | 0.31 |
| Mende in the Russian language | ||
| Менде | mende | - |
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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
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