Family name Mendez (Mendez 
, Méndez , Мендес 
, and others...) , around the world, is a prevalent last name. The cognomen Mendez is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Guatemala, where it is a widespread surname, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua, where it is a common surname (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Mexico, Guatemala, and Colombia. Very seldom, Mendez is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Mendez, Méndez | Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, United States, Argentina |
| Мендес | Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| Мендез | Russia, Ukraine |
| メンデス | Japan |
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| jose mariano mendez SV (b. 1777) |
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| jose sacasa y mendez Costa Rican lawyer, CR (b. 1796) |
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santiago sierra mendez Mexican poet and journalist, MX (b. 1850) |
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luis barros mendez Chilean lawyer, CL (b. 1861) |
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rafael de nogales mendez Venezuelan soldier, adventurer and writer, VE (b. 1879) |
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nataniel cox mendez Chilean illustrator, CL (b. 1881) |
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| jose mendez dancer, teacher and choreographer (1843-1905), ES (b. 1843) |
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lucille mendez Venezuelan actress, VE (b. 1906) |
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| guillermo cox mendez Chilean politician, CL (b. 1862) |
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louis gonzaga mendez, jr. American World War II soldier (1915-2001), US (b. 1915) |
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luis fernando castillo mendez Patriarch of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church, VE (b. 1922) |
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sylvia mendez American activist, US (b. 1936) |
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gene mendez high wire, actor and stuntman, US (b. 1937) |
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tony mendez American CIA technical operations officer and writer, US (b. 1940) |
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angel mendez Navy Cross recipient and United States Marine (1946-1967), US (b. 1946) |
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