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 Political Affiliation
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Mende Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mende Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mende (Georgian: მენდე, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﺪ, Hindi: मेंदे, Marathi: मडे, Oriya: େମେ, Russian: Менде, Tibetan: སྨོན་འབྲེལ་) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Mendé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mende? popularity and diffusion
Mende is the 18,941st most commonly held last 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 are found; 44 percent are found in Western Europe and 44 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 110,418th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 4,000 people.
It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 12,516 people, or 1 in 6,432. In Germany it is most numerous in: Saxony, where 22 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 9 percent live. Other than Germany this surname exists in 93 countries. It is also common in India, where 22 percent live and The DR Congo, where 8 percent live.
Mende Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Mende has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mende surname 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 carrying the Mende last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Mende are 10.13% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national 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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