as a Last Name
- 158,060
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Mendoza
Meaning & Origins
Basque: habitational name from several places in the provinces of Arava and Biscay called Mendoza, named with Basque mendi ‘mountain’ + otz ‘cold’ + the definite article -a.
| 173rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 158,060
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- California
- has the most people named Mendoza per capita
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