Madison Surname
Approximately 38,279 people bear this surname
Madison Surname Definition:
1 Maud’s Son :v. Maud. 2 = Mattison, q.v.
Madison Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 36,058 | 1:10,052 | 1,215 |
| Canada | 479 | 1:76,922 | 8,646 |
| Liberia | 291 | 1:15,150 | 1,579 |
| Russia | 237 | 1:608,114 | 53,530 |
| England | 146 | 1:381,631 | 26,761 |
| Australia | 119 | 1:226,855 | 21,510 |
| Estonia | 96 | 1:13,769 | 2,151 |
| Indonesia | 92 | 1:1,437,491 | 97,733 |
| Thailand | 59 | 1:1,197,260 | 174,557 |
| Sweden | 51 | 1:193,074 | 13,358 |
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Germany | 44 | 1:1,829,670 | 103,431 |
| India | 43 | 1:17,838,730 | 274,051 |
| South Africa | 39 | 1:1,389,172 | 74,222 |
| Zimbabwe | 35 | 1:441,093 | 38,294 |
| Philippines | 34 | 1:2,977,595 | 140,497 |
| New Zealand | 25 | 1:181,133 | 19,287 |
| South Sudan | 25 | 1:456,603 | 797 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 1:373,314 | 28,226 |
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Northern Ireland | 16 | 1:115,315 | 6,804 |
| Moldova | 16 | 1:222,586 | 20,292 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Belarus | 15 | 1:633,404 | 54,314 |
| Kazakhstan | 13 | 1:1,360,192 | 71,840 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Finland | 11 | 1:499,700 | 30,478 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Cayman Islands | 8 | 1:7,987 | 922 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Honduras | 6 | 1:1,469,407 | 5,474 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 49 | 1:497,457 | 27,315 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,016 | 1:8,348 | 1,077 |
Madison (25,224) may also be a first name.
Madison Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
1 Maud’s Son :v. Maud. 2 = Mattison, q.v.
(English) The son of Mad, a pet form of Matthew (gift of Jehovah).
See Madison. 2. A corruption of Maddiston, a village in the parish of Muiravonside, co. Stirling.
Probably Matty's, that is Matthew's, son. The Madisons of the county of Durham were formerly known by the uncomplimentary epithet of The Mad Madisons.
The son of Mathew or Matilda.
The Maddisons were an old county family of influence, and to them the punning epithet of the Mad Maddisons was once applied. Those of Saltwellside trace back their descent for three centuries (S.). The name is also established in Lincolnshire.
Madison Demographics
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Madison Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Madison Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Madison (Arabic: ماديسون, Russian: Мадисон) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Madison click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Madison? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 14,560th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 190,380 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Madison live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America. Madison is also the 31,781st most common first name world-wide It is held by 25,224 people.
This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 36,058 people, or 1 in 10,052. In The United States Madison is mostly concentrated in: California, where 9 percent are found, Texas, where 7 percent are found and New York, where 5 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name is found in 105 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Liberia, where 1 percent are found.
Madison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Madison has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Madison last name grew 599 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 298 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Madison Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Madison last name is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Madison last name are 9.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.64% being registered with the political party.
The amount Madison earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 32.13% less than the national average, earning R 161,280 per year; in United States they earn 6.72% less than the national average, earning $40,251 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.33% less than the national average, earning $49,024 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Madison Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Madison in the Russian language | ||
| Мадисон | madison | - |
| Madison in the Arabic language | ||
| ماديسون | madyswn | - |
| مديسن | mdysn | - |
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Madison Reference & Research
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