Mendóza Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Mendóza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Mendoza (2,577,950), Méndoza (5) & Mendozá (2) are calculated separately.
Mendóza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mendóza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mendóza has its highest incidence in Mexico. It may appear as: Mendoza, Méndoza or Mendozá. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mendóza? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Mendóza live; 67 percent live in North America and 44 percent live in Hispano-North America.
The surname Mendóza is most frequently used in Mexico, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 31,031,551. In Mexico Mendóza is most common in: México, where 50 percent live, Baja California Sur, where 25 percent live and Mexico City, where 25 percent live. Apart from Mexico this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Guatemala, where 33 percent live and Canada, where 11 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 Mendóza
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