Mendel is used as a family name or surname in Israel. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Mendel
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Israel
Meaning: Worn notably in Alsace, it is sometimes a personal name of Germanic origin (Mendilo: mendi = joy, according MT Morlet, short for Meinhard according Bahlow). But more often it is a name borne by askhénazes Jews, probably to link to Menachem Hebrew (= Comforter), possibly Emmanuel (qv). Variants and diminutives: Mendel (Mendel), Mendels, Mendelin, Mendelsohn, Mendelson, Mendelssohn.

How popular is Mendel?

Mendel is common in Israel.

Mendel is ranked 26312 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Mendel bearers increased by 2.641803 per cent in 2010 US census to 2642 since 2000, the surname slipped by 573 spots and ranked at 11846. The last name was found in around 9 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.47 90.37
Hispanic or Latino 9.95 8.2
Others 0.95 0.66
Black 0.76 0
Mendel is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Israel is ahead in terms of density. Around 19371 people have been found who wears Mendel as their family name. Mendel is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
38,459 New Zealand7
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
14,054 China3
14,400 Uzbekistan3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
108,034 Italy3
10,762 Hungary3
41,879 Turkey2
11,224 Cameroon2
24,766 Scotland2
24,269 Peru2
11,736 Lithuania2
7,299 Estonia2
28,232 Morocco2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
8,995 Uganda2
6,353 Panama2
29,595 Iran1
53,033 Nigeria1
8,859 Iraq1
28,746 Algeria1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
37,779 Serbia1
16,640 Hong Kong1
3,586 Honduras1
7,191 Afghanistan1
5,467 Haiti1
7,941 Guatemala1
42,479 Greece1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
6,820 Angola1
10,683 Cyprus1
12,741 Ecuador1
11,831 Tajikistan1
40,340 Malaysia1
47,891 Norway1
12,745 Luxembourg1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
537 Liechtenstein1
29,774 Venezuela1
18,969 Wales1
28,365 Kenya1
29,046 Japan1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,524 Portugal37
28,564 Switzerland36
56,148 Spain32
9,692 Ireland27
20,233 Denmark25
11,685 Singapore24
94,051 Kazakhstan19
308,934 Indonesia18
493,558 India15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
18,065 Belgium97
18,241 Czech Republic93
40,500 Tanzania85
11,524 Sweden80
2,783 Jamaica71
Countries with hundreds of Mendel:
19,255 Russia872
16,634 France576
10,775 Ukraine530
1,803 Slovakia435
30,822 Philippines387
3,041 Austria367
13,215 Mexico314
17,618 England312
11,241 Netherlands252
6,711 Belarus230
16,109 Canada229
23,599 Argentina224
6,815 Chile144
19,364 Australia132
39,125 South Africa128
15,064 Romania125
Countries with thousands of Mendel:
10,843 United States3,344
4,806 Brazil2,910
3,032 Germany2,858
2,532 Poland2,244
494 Israel2,026
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Adele Mendel was 22 years old when he migrated to New York on October 22, 1896. He lived in Italy where he worked as butcher and took Lahn from Bremen. 22 years old L. Mendel, are other Mendel that migrated to US.

Comments

J
Joann Halberg
Mendel is a locates in Alsace name israelite widespread, represents an alteration of menahem, comforter.

Mendel Namesakes

  • Moses Mendelssohn, Philosopher
  • L. Mendel Rivers, U.S. representative
  • Lafayette Mendel, Biochemist
  • Anat Tel Mendelovich, Film director
  • Arnold Mendelssohn, Composer
  • Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
  • Braddon Mendelson, Producer
  • Yosef Mendelevitch, Rabbi
  • Barry Mendel, Film producer
  • Ben Mendelsohn, Actor

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