Mendès Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Mendès Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 4 | 1:432,005 | 185 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Mendes (1,341,184), Mendés (3), Mendeş (2,196), Mendeš (295), Méndes (7), Mėndes (1) & Mêndes (1) are calculated separately.
Mendès Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mendès Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mendès occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Mendes, Mendés, Mendeş, Mendeš, Méndes, Mėndes or Mêndes. Click here for other potential spellings of Mendès.
How Common Is The Last Name Mendès? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mendès is the 3,665,662nd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. Mendès is mostly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Mendès reside; 66 percent reside in Western Europe and 66 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most frequently used in France, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 5,109,440. In France Mendès is most frequent in: Île-de-France, where 46 percent live, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 15 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 8 percent live. Other than France this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 14 percent live and Guinea-Bissau, where 14 percent live.
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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 Mendès
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