Midian Forename
Approximately 7,178 people bear this name
Midian Forename Definition:
Mid'-de-an, judgment, measure, covering. The fourth son of Abraham and Keturah. Gen. xxv. 2. The Midanites mentioned Num. xxv. 6, 15, were descended from this person. The land of Midian extended from the east of the land of Moab, on the east of the Dead Sea, southward along the Elanitic gulf of the Red Sea, stretching into Arabia: it further passed to the south of the land of Edom, into the peninsula of Mount Sinai.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 77% | 4,503 | 1:47,576 | 3,389 |
| Indonesia | - | 1,044 | 1:247,092 | 22,670 |
| Israel | 85% | 353 | 1:23,804 | 2,097 |
| Mexico | 98% | 144 | 1:862,114 | 7,513 |
| Nigeria | 81% | 140 | 1:1,268,317 | 29,614 |
| Zimbabwe | 57% | 102 | 1:151,214 | 9,828 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 86 | 1:121,294 | 5,870 |
| India | 89% | 83 | 1:14,637,084 | 385,225 |
| Zambia | 100% | 76 | 1:208,616 | 7,140 |
| United States | 57% | 73 | 1:4,966,260 | 62,313 |
| Peru | 100% | 66 | 1:481,689 | 8,713 |
| Tanzania | 79% | 65 | 1:812,128 | 18,190 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50% | 53 | 1:153,817 | 13,456 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 48 | 1:335,592 | 3,758 |
| Colombia | 100% | 46 | 1:1,038,672 | 11,651 |
| Honduras | 100% | 39 | 1:226,089 | 4,988 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 37 | 1:195,589 | 3,228 |
| Venezuela | 99% | 30 | 1:1,006,730 | 21,651 |
| South Africa | 77% | 22 | 1:2,478,757 | 68,223 |
| Panama | 100% | 21 | 1:186,027 | 7,386 |
| El Salvador | - | 20 | 1:317,089 | 3,575 |
| Argentina | 100% | 17 | 1:2,516,073 | 8,541 |
| Nicaragua | 80% | 11 | 1:547,121 | 9,117 |
| Uganda | 90% | 10 | 1:4,095,692 | 39,987 |
| Philippines | 89% | 9 | 1:11,778,831 | 158,973 |
| Chile | 100% | 8 | 1:2,200,901 | 14,453 |
| Malaysia | 80% | 7 | 1:4,349,991 | 105,289 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 6 | 1:591,717 | 4,217 |
| Switzerland | - | 5 | 1:1,642,699 | 15,939 |
| Cameroon | - | 5 | 1:4,322,101 | 63,776 |
| Malawi | 50% | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 4 | 1:145,239 | 6,287 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Sweden | 67% | 3 | 1:3,285,969 | 41,581 |
| Afghanistan | 50% | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Italy | 54% | 2 | 1:30,531,045 | 57,596 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| China | - | 1 | 1:1,366,055,782 | 109,249 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Thailand | - | 1 | 1:70,065,813 | 391,235 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Belgium | - | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Singapore | - | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| England | - | 1 | 1:55,602,921 | 189,715 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Mali | 100% | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
The alternate forms: Mídian (6) are calculated separately.
Midian (1,303) may also be a surname.
Midian Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Mid'-de-an, judgment, measure, covering. The fourth son of Abraham and Keturah. Gen. xxv. 2. The Midanites mentioned Num. xxv. 6, 15, were descended from this person. The land of Midian extended from the east of the land of Moab, on the east of the Dead Sea, southward along the Elanitic gulf of the Red Sea, stretching into Arabia: it further passed to the south of the land of Edom, into the peninsula of Mount Sinai.
Meaning: contention: strife.
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