Mendoza Surname
Approximately 2,577,950 people bear this surname
Mendoza Surname Definition:
(Span.) apparently from the fem., mendósa, of Span. mendóso, ‘ mendacious.’
Read More About This SurnameMendoza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 801,516 | 1:155 | 21 |
| Philippines | 372,402 | 1:272 | 5 |
| Venezuela | 207,874 | 1:145 | 17 |
| Peru | 206,422 | 1:154 | 17 |
| United States | 192,693 | 1:1,881 | 164 |
| Colombia | 170,439 | 1:280 | 45 |
| Ecuador | 77,994 | 1:204 | 9 |
| Argentina | 69,434 | 1:616 | 79 |
| Bolivia | 66,470 | 1:160 | 16 |
| Guatemala | 63,320 | 1:254 | 40 |
| Nicaragua | 63,128 | 1:95 | 12 |
| Honduras | 51,295 | 1:172 | 26 |
| Spain | 39,498 | 1:1,184 | 125 |
| El Salvador | 38,138 | 1:166 | 35 |
| Paraguay | 34,260 | 1:211 | 46 |
| Cuba | 30,691 | 1:375 | 58 |
| Panama | 27,234 | 1:144 | 19 |
| Chile | 19,419 | 1:907 | 206 |
| Dominican Republic | 14,852 | 1:702 | 127 |
| Costa Rica | 9,542 | 1:501 | 131 |
| Canada | 3,659 | 1:10,070 | 1,502 |
| Brazil | 2,440 | 1:87,735 | 3,305 |
| Uruguay | 2,113 | 1:1,624 | 201 |
| Puerto Rico | 2,112 | 1:1,681 | 191 |
| France | 1,397 | 1:47,547 | 6,134 |
| Australia | 1,173 | 1:23,014 | 3,170 |
| England | 1,026 | 1:54,306 | 6,608 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 917 | 1:1,487 | 223 |
| Saudi Arabia | 835 | 1:36,953 | 5,288 |
| Belize | 388 | 1:916 | 202 |
| Thailand | 356 | 1:198,422 | 32,844 |
| Italy | 355 | 1:172,272 | 26,023 |
| Germany | 302 | 1:266,574 | 28,403 |
| Taiwan | 264 | 1:88,806 | 891 |
| Guam | 243 | 1:659 | 90 |
| Oman | 226 | 1:16,318 | 1,678 |
| United Arab Emirates | 199 | 1:46,042 | 4,699 |
| New Zealand | 194 | 1:23,342 | 4,099 |
| Japan | 181 | 1:706,322 | 17,095 |
| South Africa | 170 | 1:318,692 | 30,132 |
| Portugal | 160 | 1:65,114 | 3,431 |
| India | 141 | 1:5,440,180 | 132,298 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Kuwait | 135 | 1:28,153 | 3,584 |
| Netherlands | 131 | 1:128,910 | 20,052 |
| Belgium | 120 | 1:95,805 | 14,735 |
| Senegal | 118 | 1:123,554 | 1,158 |
| Qatar | 100 | 1:23,580 | 2,513 |
| Indonesia | 98 | 1:1,349,482 | 93,150 |
| Malaysia | 93 | 1:317,142 | 17,217 |
| Austria | 92 | 1:92,559 | 13,542 |
| Sweden | 92 | 1:107,030 | 7,712 |
| Bahrain | 88 | 1:15,325 | 3,085 |
| Switzerland | 84 | 1:97,773 | 10,519 |
| Norway | 81 | 1:63,485 | 9,023 |
| Singapore | 81 | 1:67,996 | 2,745 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 75 | 1:728 | 120 |
| Israel | 62 | 1:138,026 | 14,788 |
| Tanzania | 56 | 1:945,386 | 44,615 |
| Denmark | 53 | 1:106,504 | 9,962 |
| Greece | 50 | 1:221,596 | 34,567 |
| Hong Kong | 48 | 1:152,823 | 2,942 |
| Russia | 47 | 1:3,066,448 | 164,949 |
| China | 42 | 1:32,555,275 | 1,726 |
| Brunei | 38 | 1:11,019 | 1,313 |
| Curaçao | 33 | 1:4,765 | 122 |
| Aruba | 32 | 1:3,234 | 449 |
| Scotland | 32 | 1:167,307 | 9,494 |
| Ireland | 30 | 1:156,965 | 7,012 |
| Wales | 30 | 1:103,151 | 8,167 |
| Micronesia | 25 | 1:4,250 | 573 |
| Vietnam | 22 | 1:4,211,184 | 2,363 |
| South Korea | 21 | 1:2,440,012 | 510 |
| Finland | 20 | 1:274,835 | 20,939 |
| Iceland | 19 | 1:20,005 | 1,629 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Northern Ireland | 13 | 1:141,926 | 7,751 |
| Macau | 13 | 1:46,279 | 367 |
| Afghanistan | 11 | 1:2,923,017 | 17,932 |
| Czechia | 10 | 1:1,063,347 | 80,937 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 9 | 1:11,019 | 1,084 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Cayman Islands | 8 | 1:7,987 | 922 |
| Haiti | 8 | 1:1,335,488 | 14,216 |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | 1:2,210,312 | 95,036 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| East Timor | 4 | 1:303,982 | 255 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Marshall Islands | 3 | 1:17,274 | 1,698 |
| Angola | 2 | 1:13,494,607 | 11,780 |
| Anguilla | 2 | 1:6,718 | 471 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 1:79,678,386 | 25,993 |
| Comoros | 2 | 1:374,762 | 673 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Dominica | 2 | 1:37,946 | 685 |
| Gabon | 2 | 1:944,597 | 6,773 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Mozambique | 2 | 1:13,630,784 | 7,358 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 1:27,600 | 1,126 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Togo | 2 | 1:3,623,884 | 11,997 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nauru | 1 | 1:11,879 | 452 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 134 | 1:181,906 | 14,990 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 273 | 1:183,951 | 16,312 |
The alternate forms: Mendóza (9), Méndoza (5), Mendozá (2) & Mendöza (1) are calculated separately.
Mendoza (2,500) may also be a first name.
Mendoza Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Span.) apparently from the fem., mendósa, of Span. mendóso, ‘ mendacious.’
One who came from Mendoza (cold or high mountains).
A Basque root "mendi" suggests that the name means "son of the mountain dweller." Place name in Argentina, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela.
Ancient surname found in Vizcaya, Castile, Aragon, and Navarre. Name of village near Vitoria. Derived from Basque "mendi" and "oza" - mountain and cold or frigid. Hence mountain area noted for being a cold, frigid place.
This is a Basque name that means many mountains.
Mendoza is a contraction of Menendo meaning "el rellano del monte" or metaphorically the cold of the mountain.
Castilian name.
(Portugese, Spanish) One who came from Mendoza (cold or high mountains).
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'of the hills'.
- shedozerMendoza Demographics
Average Mendoza Salary in
United States
$36,168 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mendoza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mendoza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mendoza (Arabic: ميندوزا, Georgian: მენდოზა, Marathi: मेन्डोझा, Russian: Мендоза) is borne by more people in Mexico than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Mendóza, Méndoza, Mendozá or Mendöza. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mendoza? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 209th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 2,827 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Mendoza live; 39 percent live in North America and 31 percent live in Hispano-North America. Mendoza is also the 147,632nd most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 2,500 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Mexico, where it is carried by 801,516 people, or 1 in 155. In Mexico it is most prevalent in: México, where 15 percent are found, Mexico City, where 9 percent are found and Guanajuato, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Mexico Mendoza exists in 165 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 14 percent are found and Venezuela, where 8 percent are found.
Mendoza Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mendoza has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mendoza last name increased 70,584 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 766 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mendoza Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Mendoza last name is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (67%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Mendoza last name are 42.26% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.49% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Mendoza earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 49.64% less than the national average, earning €15,122 per year; in Norway they earn 17.48% less than the national average, earning 285,570 kr per year; in Peru they earn 10.92% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,269 per year; in South Africa they earn 123.13% more than the national average, earning R 530,244 per year; in Colombia they earn 13.92% less than the national average, earning $19,542,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 16.18% less than the national average, earning $36,168 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.05% less than the national average, earning $47,174 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mendoza Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mendoza in the Georgian language | ||
| მენდოზა | mendoza | - |
| Mendoza in the Marathi language | ||
| मेन्डोझा | mendojha | 52.94 |
| मेनडोझा | menadojha | 17.65 |
| मॅन्डोझा | mendojha | 17.65 |
| मेनड | menada | 5.88 |
| मेन्डोझााशी | mendojhaasi | 5.88 |
| Mendoza in the Russian language | ||
| Мендоза | mendoza | - |
| Mendoza in the Arabic language | ||
| ميندوزا | myndwza | - |
| مندوزا | mndwza | - |
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