Mendelson Surname

80,490th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,050 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Mendelson Surname Definition:

(German) Son of Mendel (knowledge or wisdom).

Mendelson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,1151:88,0829,924
Russia7111:202,70522,287
Israel3241:26,4123,863
Canada2051:179,73517,909
Australia1081:249,96023,064
Germany951:847,42661,310
England951:586,50635,379
Argentina591:724,46549,289
France491:1,355,566135,191
Belarus391:243,61729,148
South Africa351:1,547,93478,799
Kazakhstan231:768,80449,532
Ukraine191:2,395,931155,639
Latvia181:113,89116,101
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Poland151:2,533,917108,409
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Hungary131:755,09840,181
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Saint Pierre and Miquelon11:6,399357
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1741:288,61323,092

Mendelson (354) may also be a first name.

Mendelson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Son of Mendel (knowledge or wisdom).

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

Mendelson Last Name Facts

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

Mendelson (Russian: Мендельсон) occurs most in The United States. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mendelson? popularity and diffusion

Mendelson is the 80,490th most common last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,204,553 people. Mendelson is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Mendelson live; 66 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America. Mendelson is also the 463,079th most commonly occurring given name in the world, borne by 354 people.

The surname Mendelson is most common in The United States, where it is held by 4,115 people, or 1 in 88,082. In The United States Mendelson is most common in: New York, where 19 percent reside, California, where 16 percent reside and Florida, where 11 percent reside. Barring The United States Mendelson is found in 66 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 12 percent reside and Israel, where 5 percent reside.

Mendelson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Mendelson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mendelson last name expanded 2,365 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Mendelson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (76%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Mendelson last name are 10.36% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 63.59% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Mendelson earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 37.11% less than the national average, earning R 149,448 per year; in United States they earn 35.29% more than the national average, earning $58,376 USD per year and in Canada they earn 50.23% more than the national average, earning $74,638 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Mendelson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mendelson in the Russian language
Мендельсонmendelson-

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