Mendosa

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/mend̪osa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Mendosa is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: variant spelling of Mendoza.

rarermore common
  • COColombia≈1 in 24K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 93K
  • BOBolivia≈1 in 11K

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)

3,568 people, 2010

Sources
82 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)

Bolivia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

variant spelling of Mendoza.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mendosa 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.

Where Mendosa is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—3,5681 in 93K3.6KMendosa82
BR Brazil—2,9921 in 71K3KMendosa30
CO Colombia—≈2,000 est.≈1 in 24K—Mendosa25
BO Bolivia—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 11K—Mendosa5
DO Dominican Republic#800≈350 est.≈1 in 30K—Mendosa10
NI Nicaragua#877≈120 est.≈1 in 53K—Mendosa6

3,568 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; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Mendosa is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Canada

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Mendōsa

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  • Lao surname26 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, Philippines, United States

    Languages: Lao, Thai

    Also written Mendoza, เมนโดซา, เมนโดซ่า, Mëndözä, Méndózá

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Mendosa is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Italian, feminine singular of mendoso

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latin, inflection of mendōsus:

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, Mendosas province - Argentīnas Republikas administratīvi teritoriāla vienība ("Mendoza" / "Provincia de Mendoza"), platība - 148827 kvadrātkilometri, 1765700 iedzīvotāju (2010. g.)

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, pilsēta Argentīnā ("Mendoza"), Andu piekājē 800 m vjl., provinces administratīvais centrs, 846900 iedzīvotāju (2005. g.)

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • S.Pri Noirb. 1986FRnot in their usual nameFrench rapper

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado Sr. Mendosa,Dear Mr Mendosa, (English)
InformalHola Mendosa,Hi Mendosa, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 14 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Mendosa
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020103.6K#9,144
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020003.3K#9,174
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—3K#3,421
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.9K#14,669
US United Stateswru 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 Mendosa mean, and where does it come from?
variant spelling of Mendoza. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Mendosa?
A machine transcription gives /mend̪osa/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Mendosa have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 3.6 thousand people named Mendosa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mendosa.
How common is the name Mendosa?
In the United States, the national register counted 3,568 people named Mendosa in 2010, about 1 in 93 thousand residents.
How common is Mendosa compared with other names?
In the Dominican Republic, Mendosa is the 800th most common surname of 26,844 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, “Mendosa” — the 800th most common surname in Dominican Republic. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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