Mendel History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Israel

Etymology of Mendel

What does the name Mendel mean?

The surname Mendel is a patronymic surname, which derives from the Hebrew given name of Menahem, which means 'comforter.' This given name was given to boys born during the week after Tisha B'Av, and it was also a name used for the messiah.

Mendel Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Mendel, Mandel, Mendelson, Mendelsson, Mendelsohn, Mendelssohn, Mendelzon, Mendelovich, Mendelovitch, Mendelovic, Mendelovicz, Mendelowicz, Mendelovics, Mendelowisz, Mendelovitz, Mendelowitz, Mendelovits, Mendlovic, Mendelevitch, Mendelevitz, Mendelvitz, Mendelewicz, Mendlewicz, Mendelevsky, Mendlevich, Mendelovici, Medelovici, Mendelovits and many more.

Mendel Ranking

In the United States, the name Mendel is the 13,705^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Mendel migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Mendel Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

M Mendel, aged 24, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1832 2
Theodore Mendel, who settled in Philadelphia in 1844
Salomon Abraham Mendel, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1844 2
Trine Mendel, who arrived in New York, NY in 1849 2
William Mendel, who landed in Mobile, Ala in 1849 2
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Contemporary Notables of the name Mendel (post 1700) +

Lafayette Benedict Mendel (1872-1935), American biochemist known for his work in nutrition including the study of Vitamin A, Vitamin B, lysine and tryptophan
Arthur Mendel (1905-1975), prominent American musicologist, was the foremost Bach scholar of his generation
Barry Mendel, two time Academy Award nominated producer
Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), often called the "Father of Genetics", eponym of "Mendel's law of segregation" or "Mendel's Laws or Mendelian inheritance" and "Mendel" the lunar crater and much more
Lucius Mendel Rivers (1905-1970), American Democratic Party politician, Member of South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1933-36; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1941-70 3
Mendel Cousens, American politician, Candidate for Michigan State House of Representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1932 4
Mendel Rosenblum, American professor of computer science at Stanford University, one of the co-founders of VMware
Mendel Bromberg, American politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 7th District, 1926 5

Sources +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, May 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 1) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html