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 is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Mendes, Mendés, Mendeş, Mendeš, Méndes, Mėndes or Mêndes. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mendès? popularity and diffusion
Mendès is the 3,665,662nd most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Mendès is mostly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Mendès are found; 66 percent are found in Western Europe and 66 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 5,109,440. In France Mendès is most numerous in: Île-de-France, where 46 percent reside, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 15 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 8 percent reside. Not including France it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 14 percent reside and Guinea-Bissau, where 14 percent reside.
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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
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- 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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