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Definition: A patronymic surname meaning "son or descendant of Mendel or Mendo," given names meaning knowledge, wisdom. Its beginnings have been traced back primarily to the village of Celanova, Spain, according to the Instituto Genealógico e Histórico Latino-Americano.
Surname Origin:
Spanish
Alternate Surname Spellings:
MENDES, MENENDEZ, MENENDES, MÉNDEZ, MÉNDES
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Hispanic Genealogy MENDEZ Family Genealogy Forum FamilySearch - MENDEZ Genealogy MENDEZ Surname Mailing List Surname Finder - MENDEZ Genealogy & Family Resources Cousin Connect - MENDEZ Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - MENDEZ Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - MENDEZ Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
