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Mendez

Mendez is a surname from Spanish. It is used in English, Tagalog, and Cebuano.

Original SpanishMéndez

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Mendez comes from Spanish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Spanish Méndez.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Mendez’s family of names

In Filipino usage, Mendez as a surname was borrowed from the Spanish form Méndez.

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Galician

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Basque

Mendoza

Mendoza is a surname from Spanish, ultimately from Basque. It is used in English, Spanish, Tagalog, Basque, and 2 other languages.

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61% boys · 39% girls

Spanish

Marquinez

Marquinez is a surname from Spanish. It is used in Tagalog.

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56% boys · 44% girls

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