Mendieta Surname

6,241st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90,703 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Panama

Mendieta Surname User-submission:

Mendieta surname is of Basque origin, coming from the Basque word mendi, which means 'mountain', and the suffix -eta, ending of a multitude of topographic names that indicates plurality.

Mendieta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico23,0691:5,381675
Argentina9,3411:4,576518
Ecuador9,1141:1,745304
Colombia8,4841:5,631798
Paraguay7,4941:966216
Nicaragua6,2901:957198
Peru5,3471:5,944933
Bolivia4,6011:2,307406
Panama4,2711:916170
United States3,4231:105,88911,626
Spain3,0631:15,2631,738
Honduras1,1351:7,768573
Uruguay1,0071:3,408401
Philippines8851:114,39319,755
Dominican Republic8171:12,770981
Chile4951:35,5891,832
Brazil4581:467,41117,703
Venezuela3741:80,7603,231
Cuba3221:35,7851,696
Costa Rica3091:15,469628
Guatemala1051:153,1683,428
France591:1,125,809120,603
Canada541:682,32655,162
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
El Salvador221:288,3592,375
England211:2,653,24194,788
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Denmark81:705,58939,626
China51:273,464,31313,838
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Belize11:355,4743,977
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155

Mendieta (46) may also be a first name.

Mendieta Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Mendieta surname is of Basque origin, coming from the Basque word mendi, which means 'mountain', and the suffix -eta, ending of a multitude of topographic names that indicates plurality.

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Mendieta Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mendieta (Russian: Мендиета) is found most frequently in Mexico. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mendieta? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mendieta is the 6,241st most frequent family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 80,345 people. Mendieta is primarily found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Mendieta live; 52 percent live in South America and 25 percent live in Hispano-North America. It is also the 1,484,914th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 46 people.

Mendieta is most commonly held in Mexico, where it is carried by 23,069 people, or 1 in 5,381. In Mexico it is primarily found in: México, where 27 percent live, Tlaxcala, where 13 percent live and Mexico City, where 11 percent live. Excluding Mexico it exists in 65 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 10 percent live and Ecuador, where 10 percent live.

Mendieta Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Mendieta last name are 43.32% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96.55% registered with the political party.

The amount Mendieta earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 3.85% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,131 per year; in Colombia they earn 10.3% more than the national average, earning $25,040,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.63% less than the national average, earning $37,698 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.92% less than the national average, earning $39,787 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Mendieta Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mendieta in the Russian language
Мендиетаmendieta-

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