Mendonça Surname

5,102nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110,855 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Guinea-Bissau

Mendonça Surname User-submission:

Mendonça is a common Portuguese and Old Galician surname. The name derives from the Basque words mendi (mountain) and otz (cold).

Mendonça Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola26,8181:1,006174
Mozambique26,5731:1,026245
Guinea-Bissau17,4291:9934
Portugal15,1921:686122
Brazil10,5501:20,291969
East Timor8,5211:14342
India9471:809,99536,236
Cape Verde7961:66579
United States7701:470,72640,023
Saudi Arabia7551:40,8696,011
Canada4631:79,5808,905
Oman4221:8,7391,190
São Tomé and Príncipe2371:749125
England2341:238,11119,599
Bahrain1621:8,3251,494
Kuwait1161:32,7654,071
France1081:615,02580,926
United Arab Emirates831:110,3899,598
Australia681:396,99632,204
Germany551:1,463,73689,144
Suriname511:10,8362,716
South Africa491:1,105,66765,349
Switzerland441:186,65716,684
Netherlands411:411,88242,990
New Zealand391:116,11114,715
Singapore391:141,2236,278
Argentina341:1,257,15973,489
Spain261:1,798,15550,469
Belgium211:547,45951,586
Guyana151:50,8154,586
Paraguay101:723,6758,089
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
Wales61:515,75523,171
Bolivia51:2,123,2876,830
China51:273,464,31313,838
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Senegal51:2,915,8685,479
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Ivory Coast41:5,767,80855,416
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
Cayman Islands31:21,2981,488
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Macau31:200,543803
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
Namibia31:803,13415,170
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

The alternate forms: Mendonca (174,360) are calculated separately.

Mendonça (111) may also be a first name.

Mendonça Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Mendonça is a common Portuguese and Old Galician surname. The name derives from the Basque words mendi (mountain) and otz (cold).

- nomiigraves

Mendonça Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mendonça (Hindi: मेंडोन्सा, Marathi: मेन्डोन्सा) is carried by more people in Angola than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Mendonca. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mendonça? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mendonça is the 5,102nd most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 65,739 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Mendonça live; 48 percent live in Southern Africa and 48 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. Mendonça is also the 890,531st most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 111 people.

The surname Mendonça is most frequent in Angola, where it is borne by 26,818 people, or 1 in 1,006. Barring Angola this last name is found in 100 countries. It is also found in Mozambique, where 24 percent are found and Guinea-Bissau, where 16 percent are found.

Mendonça Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Mendonça has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Mendonça last name grew 7,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Mendonça Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mendonça in the Hindi language
मेंडोन्साmendonsa50
मेन्डोन्काmendonka50
Mendonça in the Marathi language
मेन्डोन्साmendonsa24.9
मेन्डोसाmendosa24.51
मन्डोन्साmandonsa9.73
मेन्डmenda9.34
मेनडोनसाmenadonasa3.5
मेन्डोन्काmendonka3.11
मेन्डोनसाmendonasa2.72
मेडोन्साmedonsa2.33
मॅन्डोसाmendosa1.95
मडोन्चाmadonca1.56
मडोनकाmadonaka1.17
मेन्डेन्साmendensa0.78
मेन्डोनकाmendonaka0.78
मडोनसाmadonasa0.78
मॅडोनसाmedonasa0.78
मेन्डोझाmendojha0.78
मॅन्डोनसाmendonasa0.78
मेडोन्झाmedonjha0.78
मॅनडोनसाmenadonasa0.78
मेडोनसाmedonasa0.78
मेनडोन्साmenadonsa0.78
मेनडोजाmenadoja0.58
मॅण्डोसाmendosa0.39
मॅन्डोन्साmendonsa0.39
मेन्डोन्फाmendonpha0.39
मॆंडॉंकाmendonka0.39
मेनडोनसmenadonasa0.39
मेनडोसाmenadosa0.39
मेनडोनकाmenadonaka0.39
मेन्डोकाmendoka0.39
मेन्डोनीसmendonisa0.39
मन्डोन्काmandonka0.39
मॅन्डोिनसाmendoinasa0.39
मेन्डॉन्साmendonsa0.39
मॅनडॉनसाmenadonasa0.39
मेडोनझाmedonajha0.39
मेनडोन्काmenadonka0.39
मेण्डोसाmendosa0.39
मेडॉन्साmedonsa0.19

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