Mendel Surname

29,014th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,505 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Mendel Surname Definition:

(Ger.) apparently, with non-Sem. diminutive suff. -el, from the Chaldee min da, ‘knowledge,’ ‘wisdom,’ ‘intelligence.’ Mlndel is the better formerly

Mendel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,6771:98,57510,962
Germany3,0961:26,0033,437
Israel2,7361:3,128428
Poland2,5381:14,9762,190
Brazil1,2171:175,9036,774
Russia9071:158,90118,235
Ukraine5881:77,42011,082
Slovakia5141:10,3821,233
Chad3851:35,3044,109
Netherlands2671:63,24810,876
Canada2491:147,97415,147
Belarus2461:38,6226,646
France2321:286,30543,905
Yemen2261:116,9266,538
England2051:271,79521,381
Papua New Guinea1471:55,4677,053
Australia1221:221,27621,136
Austria1011:84,31112,580
Chile851:207,2536,537
Czechia821:129,67620,694
Hungary791:124,25711,583
Iraq731:479,7498,022
Mexico691:1,798,93117,818
Argentina531:806,48053,420
South Africa451:1,203,94968,637
Sweden401:246,16917,052
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Switzerland341:241,55620,206
Colombia341:1,405,12010,559
Turkey331:2,358,22575,877
Thailand311:2,278,656255,572
Belgium311:370,85940,209
Estonia231:57,47010,794
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Philippines201:5,061,911170,869
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Indonesia171:7,779,364314,803
Jamaica161:179,3725,614
United Arab Emirates161:572,64223,583
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
India141:54,790,384527,769
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Bulgaria111:634,44625,919
Tanzania111:4,812,87455,358
Uzbekistan91:3,436,57132,268
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
China41:341,830,39216,990
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:975,01539,671
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6221:80,7378,499

The alternate forms: Menděl (4) are calculated separately.

Mendel (6,046) may also be a first name.

Mendel Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ger.) apparently, with non-Sem. diminutive suff. -el, from the Chaldee min da, ‘knowledge,’ ‘wisdom,’ ‘intelligence.’ Mlndel is the better formerly

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Little Menachem”. Hence Mendelsohn. Also Menkin.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German) Descendant of Mendel (knowledge or wisdom), a diminutive of Menahem.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from the name of a male ancestor) Mendel is the kinnui for Menahem which means “comforter” in Hebrew. It is one of the names for the Messiah and a name that was given to boys born during the week after Tisha B’Av. The name was elaborated in many ways and appears in a variety of forms: Mandel, Mendheim, Mendthal, Mendelheim, Mendelberg, Mendelsberg, Man- delstamm, Mandelbaum, Mandelbrodt, Mandelblum, Man- delsuss, Mandelman, Menkin.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Mendel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mendel (Arabic: مندل, Marathi: मडेल, Oriya: େମେ, Russian: Мендель, Tibetan: མན་དྲལ་) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Menděl. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mendel? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 29,014th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 393,815 people. Mendel occurs mostly in Europe, where 49 percent of Mendel reside; 26 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 19 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 85,264th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 6,046 people.

The last name Mendel is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 3,677 people, or 1 in 98,575. In The United States Mendel is primarily found in: California, where 13 percent live, New York, where 11 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 94 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 17 percent live and Israel, where 15 percent live.

Mendel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Mendel has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 591 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 820 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Mendel Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Orthodox (77%) in Russia, Orthodox (73%) in Belarus and Orthodox (71%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Mendel are 4.32% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.09% being registered with the party.

The amount Mendel earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 1.85% less than the national average, earning R 233,244 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.19% less than the national average, earning $21,525,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 20.95% more than the national average, earning $52,188 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.79% more than the national average, earning $57,526 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Menděl944/
Mendell921,893/
Maendel92313/
Muendel92108/
Mendiel9210/
Mendelt922/
Mendeel922/
Meendel921/
Mendl911,271/
Muendell8613/
Menndell861/
Maendell861/
Mendil834,962/
Mindel831,526/
Mündel83392/
Maendl8369/
Myndel8353/
Mendyl8316/
Mändel8312/
Möndel837/
Muendl834/
Műndel833/
Mendől832/
Miendl832/
Mendöl831/
Mendhl831/
Mendll830/
Mendelová80469/
Mendelova8038/
Mndl8030/
Mindell77423/
Möndell7715/
Mendiol779/
Muindel774/
Mindeel771/
Maendil771/
Mendill771/
Mindelp771/
Memdell770/
Mindl73231/
Mändl73134/
Mündl73121/
Mndil731/
Mendlová71319/
Mendlova717/
Mindil6768/
Möndöl6719/
Mündelová676/
Mindelowa674/
Mendělová672/
Mindyl672/
Myndyl671/
Műndelová671/

Mendel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mendel in the Oriya language
େମେeme-
Mendel in the Marathi language
मडेलmadela-
Mendel in the Tibetan language
མན་དྲལ་mendral41.18
མན་དྲེལ་mendrel17.65
སྨོན་དྲེལ།möndrel5.88
མན་འབྲེལ་mendrel5.88
སྨོན་གྲོལ་möndrol5.88
སྨིན་འབྲལ་mindral5.88
མན་དྲལ།mendral5.88
སྨན་འབྲལ་mendral5.88
མན་འབྲེལ།mendrel5.88
Mendel in the Russian language
Мендельmendel-
Mendel in the Arabic language
مندلmndl-

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