Mendel: Surname History and Family Crest

Behind the Mendel surname stands Mandel, a German name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. The name is generally explained as “A descendant of Manto, or a dealer in almonds”. Spelled with “e” instead of “a”, Mendel shows how the same name was heard and written differently.

About 2,642 people in the United States were recorded as Mendel in 2010, placing it 11,846 on the national list. French civil records give 320 births under the name Mendel from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1961–1970.

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