Mendoça Surname

215,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,902 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Angola

Mendoça Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mendoça Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola1,7751:15,2051,826
Portugal751:138,9106,177
Brazil351:6,116,409148,801
São Tomé and Príncipe51:35,4851,708
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Mendoca (767) & Mendóça (1) are calculated separately.

Mendoça Last Name Facts

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

Mendoça (Marathi: मेन्डोसा) is borne by more people in Angola than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Mendoca or Mendóça. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mendoça? popularity and diffusion

It is the 215,889th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,831,517 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Mendoça are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa.

The surname is most widespread in Angola, where it is borne by 1,775 people, or 1 in 15,205. Aside from Angola this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 4 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Mendoça Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mendoça in the Marathi language
मेन्डोसाmendosa80
मॅन्डोसाmendosa10
मेनडोसाmenadosa5
मॅडोकाmedoka5

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mendoça
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