Family name Mendis (Mendis 
, منديس 
) , globally, is a common last name. The surname Mendis is habitual in Sri Lanka, where it is a common surname, Maldives, where it is quite a common surname, and United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a rare surname. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Sri Lanka, India, and United Arab Emirates.
| punchi hewa mendis merchant, jeweler and pearler (1883-1965) (b. 1883) |
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nimal mendis Sri Lankan recording artist; singer-songwriter, LK (b. 1934) |
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| garrett c. mendis GB (b. 1893) |
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| rosalind mendis (b. 1903) |
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| m. g. mendis LK (b. 1911) |
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| reginald mendis Sri Lankan politician (1922-2000), LK (b. 1922) |
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| vernon mendis Sri Lankan diplomat, LK (b. 1925) |
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| paddy mendis Sri Lankan air marshal, LK (b. 1933) |
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| devamitta asoka mendis Sri Lankan American astrophysicist, LK (b. 1936) |
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| cletus mendis Sri Lankan actor, LK (b. 1949) |
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| susantha mendis Sri Lankan Army officer (1950–1998), LK (b. 1950) |
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| lakshman mendis Sri Lankan dramatist and businessman, LK (b. 1956) |
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| patrick mendis American writer and academic, US (b. 1960) |
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| manoj mendis Sri Lankan cricketer (b. 1974) |
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| susirith mendis Sri Lankan physician |
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