Last name Menéndez (Menendez 
, Menéndez , Менендес 
) , around the globe, is a common cognomen. The cognomen Menéndez is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly El Salvador, where it is a common surname, Guatemala, where it is quite a common surname, and Uruguay (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Guatemala, Argentina, and Spain. Very seldom, Menéndez is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Menéndez, Menendez | Spain, El Salvador, Argentina, Guatemala, United States |
| Менендес | Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine |
| gutier menéndez Nobleman (b. 865) |
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| elvira menéndez Queen consort of León, ES (b. 885) |
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| gonzalo menéndez Count of Portugal (b. 925) |
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| valentín moran menéndez Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1694) |
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| francisco menéndez military leader serving the Spanish Crown in 18th-century St. Augustine, Florida, ES (b. 1700) |
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timoteo menéndez Salvadoran politician, SV (b. 1790) |
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manuel menéndez President of Peru (1793-1847), PE (b. 1793) |
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marcelino menéndez pintado Spanish mathematician, ES (b. 1823) |
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francisco menéndez Salvadoran politician (1830-1890), SV (b. 1830) |
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| josep menéndez Spanish composer, ES (b. 1790) |
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josé menéndez Spanish businessman (1846–1918), AR (b. 1846) |
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| francisco menéndez Spanish Franciscan missionary and explorer, ES (b. 1800) |
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victoriano guisasola y menéndez Catholic cardinal, ES (b. 1852) |
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marcelino menéndez y pelayo Spanish author, ES (b. 1856) |
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ramón menéndez pidal Spanish philologist (1869-1968), ES (b. 1869) |
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