Melendrez
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Melendrez is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: variant of Menendez (see Menendez).
- PEPeru≈1 in 13K(inferred from the name graph)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 30K
- COColombia≈1 in 34K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 166 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.9K (inferred from the name graph)
4,703 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Cuba, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
variant of Menendez (see Menendez).
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Melendrez 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 4,703 | 1 in 71K | 4.7K | Melendrez | 166 |
| CU Cuba | #111 | ≈3,900 est. | ≈1 in 2.9K | — | Melendrez | 7 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Melendrez | 29 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Melendrez | 43 |
| CO Colombia | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 34K | — | Melendrez | 38 |
| GT Guatemala | #967 | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Melendrez | 9 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 492 | 1 in 6.9K | 492 | Melendrez | 14 |
4,703 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Sonny Melendrezb. 1946USAmerican actor
- Melanie C MelendrezUSresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 17 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4.7K | #7,113 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 4.5K | #7,092 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.5K | #8,560 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 492 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Melendrez mean, and where does it come from?
- variant of Menendez (see Menendez). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Melendrez have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 4.7 thousand people named Melendrez, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled melendrez.
- How common is the name Melendrez?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,703 people named Melendrez in 2010, about 1 in 71 thousand residents.
- How common is Melendrez compared with other names?
- In Cuba, Melendrez is the 111th most common surname of 21,589 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/melendrezThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Melendrez” — the 111th most common surname in Cuba. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.