Find out how popular the last name Mendez-Ramirez is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Mendez-Ramirez.

Mendez-Ramirez, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Mendez-Ramirez surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Mendez-Ramirez in America

Mendez-Ramirez is the 101737th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Mendez-Ramirez surname appeared 177 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Mendez-Ramirez.

The history of the last name Mendez-Ramirez

The surname MENDEZRAMIREZ is of Spanish origin, originating in the regions of Castile and Andalusia during the medieval period. It is a double-barreled surname, formed by the combination of the Mendez and Ramirez surnames, which were commonly joined together in Spain during the 16th and 17th centuries.

The Mendez portion of the name derives from the Spanish word "mendo," which means "defective" or "lacking," and was likely a nickname or descriptive surname originally. The Ramirez portion is a patronymic surname, meaning "son of Ramiro," with Ramiro being a Germanic name introduced to the Iberian Peninsula during the Visigothic era.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the MENDEZRAMIREZ surname appears in the Cartulario de Cardeña, a 12th-century manuscript from the monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña in Burgos, Spain. This document mentions a landowner named Pedro Mendez Ramirez, who donated property to the monastery in the year 1187.

During the 15th century, a notable figure with the MENDEZRAMIREZ surname was Juan Mendez Ramirez, a Spanish nobleman and military commander who fought in the Reconquista against the Moors. He was born in Seville in 1420 and played a significant role in the capture of Granada in 1492.

In the 16th century, Francisco Mendez Ramirez (1510-1587) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who accompanied Hernán Cortés in the conquest of Mexico. He later became one of the first settlers in the city of Puebla, Mexico.

Another historical figure bearing this surname was Pedro Mendez Ramirez (1570-1638), a Spanish poet and playwright from Madrid who was part of the literary movement known as the Spanish Golden Age.

In the 18th century, José Mendez Ramirez (1725-1801) was a prominent Spanish architect who designed several churches and public buildings in Madrid and its surrounding areas, including the Church of San Marcos and the Royal Palace of Aranjuez.

Over the centuries, the MENDEZRAMIREZ surname has spread to various parts of the Spanish-speaking world, including Latin America and the former Spanish colonies, as a result of migration and exploration.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Mendez-Ramirez

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Mendez-Ramirez.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Mendez-Ramirez was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Mendez-Ramirez was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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