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་) has its highest incidence in Germany. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Mendé. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mende? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mende is the 18,941st most widely held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 250,448 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 46 percent of Mende live; 44 percent live in Western Europe and 44 percent live in Germanic Europe. Mende is also the 110,418th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 4,000 people.
The last name Mende is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 12,516 people, or 1 in 6,432. In Germany it is mostly found in: Saxony, where 22 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 9 percent live. Not including Germany this surname occurs 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 frequency of Mende has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mende surname expanded 1,076 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 743 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mende Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Mende last name are 10.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.9% being registered with the political 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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