Meaning of the surname Mendoza
Mendoza is a Basque surname of the from a place type meaning "cold mountain". It is one of the 50 most common surnames in Mexico. From the town of Mendoza in Álava. Twenty-first in Mexico.
Taken from a town, region, or landscape feature in Spain, or later in Mexico: Castillo (castle), Rivera (riverbank), Navarro (from Navarre), Ibarra (Basque valley).
In Mexico a person carries two surnames, the father's and then the mother's, so Mendoza appears as either half of a pair: Mendoza García, López Mendoza. Read how the two-surname system works.