Menendèz
surname · Latin script
Menendèz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country. In Guatemala it is the 93rd most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Spanish Menéndez.
- UYUruguay1 in 770(measured from records)
- SVEl Salvador≈1 in 875
- ECEcuador1 in 1.4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Spain (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 362 (measured from records)
- 1 in 770 (inferred from the name graph)
28,965 people
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Uruguay
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Menendez in US United States, AR Argentina, ES Spain and 3 more and Menéndez in SV El Salvador.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)From Spanish Menéndez.
Cited for this meaning 5
- A dictionary of surnames
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- Wiktionary
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Menendèz counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | #154 | 28,965 | 1 in 1.7K | 29K | Menendez | 188 |
| EC Ecuador | #316 | 12,452 | 1 in 1.4K | 12K | Menendez | 56 |
| US United States | — | 11,609 | 1 in 29K | 12K | Menendez | 362 |
| AR Argentina | #472 | 8,529 | 1 in 5.3K | 8.5K | Menendez | 108 |
| GT Guatemala | #93 | ≈8,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | — | Menendez | 53 |
| SV El Salvador | #165 | ≈7,400 est. | ≈1 in 875 | — | Menéndez | 49 |
| UY Uruguay | #132 | 4,400 | 1 in 770 | 4.4K | Menendez | 50 |
28,965 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INEC — civil registry names; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Menendèz mean, and where does it come from?
- From Spanish Menéndez. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and Dictionary of American Family Names and 3 other sources.
- In which country does Menendèz have the most bearers?
- In Spain, the national register counted about 29 thousand people named Menendèz, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled menendez.
- Where is Menendèz most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Menendèz is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 770 people — even though Spain holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Menendèz?
- In Spain, the national register counted 28,965 people named Menendèz, about 1 in 1.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Menendèz compared with other names?
- In Spain, Menendèz is the 154th most common surname of 395,154 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Menendèz” — the 154th most common surname in Spain. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.