US Population With Last Name Mendez By Race and Ethnicity in the 2010 Census

Updated on December 11, 2025.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.

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In the 2010 Census, there were 161,717 people in the US whose last name was Mendez, and the rate of occurence of the Mendez last name was 54.82 per 100K.

The race of 93.83% of the people with the last name of Mendez was Hispanic or Latino (i.e. 151,739 people); 4.48% was Non Hispanic White Alone (i.e. 7,245 people); and 0.78% was Non Hispanic Black or African American Alone (i.e. 1,261 people).

US Percentage of Pop. With Last Name Mendez By Race And Ethniciity in the 2010 Census

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The table below below shows by race and ethnicity, the number of people and the percentage of the total people with the Mendez last name.

US Population With Last Name Mendez By Race And Ethniciity in the 2010 Census

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Last Name Number of People Percent of Total (%)
Hispanic or Latino 151739 93.83
Non Hispanic White Alone 7245 4.48
Non Hispanic Black or African American Alone 1261 0.78
Non Hispanic Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone 776 0.48
Non Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 388 0.24
Non Hispanic Two or More Races 291 0.18