Mendorf Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Mendorf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mendorf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany801:1,006,31869,119
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Mendorf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mendorf is found most frequently in Germany. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mendorf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,075,631st most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Mendorf reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 1,006,318. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 49 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 15 percent reside and Brandenburg, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Germany Mendorf is found in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Mendorf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Mendorf has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mendorf surname fell 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mendorf
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