Mendéz Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Mendéz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
The alternate forms: Mendez (1,692,109), Mendèz (6), Méndez (7,693), Mèndez (227), Mëndez (7), Mêndez (6), Mendež (4), Meñdez (1) & Mėndez (1) are calculated separately.
Mendéz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mendéz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mendéz is more frequently found in Mexico than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Mendez, Mendèz, Méndez, Mèndez, Mëndez, Mêndez, Mendež, Meñdez or Mėndez. For other possible spellings of Mendéz click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mendéz? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,206,983rd most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. Mendéz occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Mendéz reside; 27 percent reside in South America and 23 percent reside in Hispano-Central America.
Mendéz is most commonly occurring in Mexico, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 24,825,241. In Mexico Mendéz is mostly found in: México, where 20 percent live, Michoacán, where 20 percent live and Oaxaca, where 20 percent live. Beside Mexico Mendéz exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Costa Rica, where 9 percent live and Spain, where 9 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 Mendéz
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