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Family name Menendez (Menendez , Menéndez , Менендес ) , throughout the world, is a common surname. The cognomen Menendez is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly El Salvador, where it is a common surname, Guatemala, where it is quite a common surname, and Uruguay (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Guatemala, Argentina, and Spain. Very seldom, Menendez is the forename as well as the last name.