Merendino
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Merendino is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from a diminutive of Merenda.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 300K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 566K
- ARArgentina1 in 1.8M
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 52 (measured from records)
- 1 in 300K (inferred from the name graph)
588 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from a diminutive of Merenda.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Merendino 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 | 588 | 1 in 566K | 595 | Merendino | 50 |
| CH Switzerland | 28 | 1 in 300K | 28 | — | 2 |
| AR Argentina | 25 | 1 in 1.8M | 25 | — | — |
| BR Brazil | 21 | 1 in 10M | 21 | — | — |
| PL Poland | 8 | 1 in 4.8M | 6 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | 7 | 1 in 2.5M | 7 | — | 2 |
588 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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)
- Rosario Pius Merendinob. 1931ITItalian Benedictine theologian (1931-1997)
- Alfonso Merendinob. 1942ITracecar driver (1942-1998)
- James Merendinob. 1969USFilm director, screenwriter
- J. Travis Merendinob. 1982USAmerican actor
- Dario Merendinob. 1983Italian association football player
- Stella Merendinob. 1994DEGerman politician
- Nicolò Merendinob. 2000ITresearcher
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 16 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 595 | #35,721 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 588 | #37,792 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 555 | #42,112 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 28 | #28,759 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 25 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 21 | #188,821 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 7 | #71,983 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 6 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 6 | #181,926 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #360,561 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Merendino mean, and where does it come from?
- from a diminutive of Merenda. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Merendino have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 588 people named Merendino, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled merendino.
- Where is Merendino most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Merendino is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 300 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Merendino?
- In the United States, the national register counted 588 people named Merendino in 2010, about 1 in 566 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/merendinoThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 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, “Merendino”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.