Mendizabal

See also: Mendizábal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Mendizábal, from Basque mendi (“mountain”) + zabal (“wide, ample”).

Proper noun

Mendizabal (plural Mendizabals)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mendizabal is the 22026^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1177 individuals. Mendizabal is most common among Hispanic/Latino (89.46%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mendizabal”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 574.