Last Name MENDEZ

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Jewish, Spanish, Filipino, Chilean, Portuguese

Rank	242 (2000 US census)	303 (1990 US census)

Count	112,736 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

5.27%, or 5941 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.81%, or 913 total occurrences, as black,
0.47%, or 530 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.35%, or 395 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0.51%, or 575 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
92.6%, or 104394 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Shortest last names

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