Med Surname

25,884th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,801 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Djibouti

Med Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Med Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt7,2001:12,7691,524
India3,8521:199,13411,963
Algeria3,7831:10,2121,777
Morocco1,8061:19,0902,933
Russia6351:226,96524,452
Djibouti5741:1,594166
DR Congo5681:130,07013,970
Austria4941:17,2382,613
Ukraine3971:114,66716,306
Czechia3331:31,9325,202
Tunisia1801:3,392496
Indonesia1621:816,35361,944
Kazakhstan881:200,93718,685
Taiwan881:266,4182,209
Germany861:936,11065,790
France751:885,636103,228
Mauritania741:55,3363,965
Malaysia591:499,90225,042
United States351:10,355,970420,657
Uzbekistan331:937,24718,607
Belarus261:365,42538,396
Lithuania261:116,71514,086
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
Argentina201:2,137,171104,027
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
Philippines141:7,231,302192,576
Tajikistan131:645,1304,278
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Peru71:4,540,58934,489
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
China51:273,464,31313,838
Kyrgyzstan51:1,194,53165,188
Azerbaijan41:2,412,28025,948
Congo41:1,247,27420,238
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Guyana41:190,5559,777
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Maldives31:134,7244,057
Hungary31:3,272,09262,568
Iran31:25,594,175224,183
Transnistria21:237,35016,204
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770

Med (305,704) may also be a first name.

Med Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Med Come From? nationality or country of origin

Med (Arabic: ميد, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺪ, Hindi: मेद, Marathi: मेड, Oriya: େମଦ, Russian: Мед) is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Med? popularity and diffusion

Med is the 25,884th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 350,346 people. Med occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Med reside; 62 percent reside in North Africa and 35 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Med is also the 3,414th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 305,704 people.

It is most numerous in Egypt, where it is held by 7,200 people, or 1 in 12,769. Other than Egypt Med occurs in 72 countries. It also occurs in India, where 19 percent reside and Algeria, where 18 percent reside.

Med Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Med has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Med surname decreased 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Med Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Orthodox (87%) in Russia and Orthodox (88%) in Ukraine.

The amount Med earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 159.98% more than the national average, earning 899,735 kr per year and in United States they earn 15.73% less than the national average, earning $36,361 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mead8655,516/
Hmed8610,709/
Medd862,016/
Meid861,211/
Mejd861,169/
Meed86830/
Mmed86559/
Mehd86383/
Medh86359/
Meyd86216/
Mied8667/
Meud8623/
Medt8611/
Mged8611/
Meds869/
Medz867/
Medp866/
Mhed865/
Mesd862/
Me'd861/
Metd861/
Me8022,182/
Meads755,886/
Meeds75923/
Meudt75852/
Hmeid75356/
Meidt75313/
Hmeed75303/
Međed75177/
Hmied75146/
Medås7540/
Meedt7535/
Meadh7516/
Hhmed7516/
Methd7510/
Hmmed759/
Meadd757/
Hmead757/
Medts755/
Hmedd755/
Mehyd755/
Mgeed754/
Miehd754/
Meetd753/
Meadz753/
Miedt753/
Medss753/
Mheed753/
H'Med752/
Meddh752/
Medds751/
M'Eid751/
Medte751/
Mestd751/
Hmeyd751/
Messd751/
Mehdt751/
Hmeïd751/
Medìz751/
Meedh751/
Mheds751/
Mmeed751/
Meidė751/
Mechd751/
Medth751/
Mhead751/
Mhedh751/
Meids750/
Metdz750/
Mei671,162,618/
Mee6725,977/
Mea6715,044/
Met6713,169/
Mey6712,723/
Meh6710,204/
Mie679,199/
Mer678,485/
Mme674,847/
Mes674,813/
Mez673,474/
Mãe671,358/
Mid671,040/
Meu67838/
Medova67825/
Mej67767/
Medová67599/
Mäe67572/
H'Meid67379/
Mep67308/
Meç67295/
Myd67231/
Mhe6781/
Meadth6747/
Mge6732/
Mje6729/
H'Meyd6722/
Meš6717/
Hme6716/
Meï6710/
Mée679/
Mjd677/
Mgehed674/
Hmeedh673/
Hhmeed672/
Maheud672/
Hmmeed672/
M'Heid671/
H'Hmed671/
H'Mied671/
Medowa671/
Meÿ671/
H'Meïd671/
Medsch670/

Med Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Med in the Oriya language
େମଦemada92.68
େମଡemada4.88
େମଡିemadi2.44
Med in the Hindi language
मेदmeda82.86
मेडmeda17.14
Med in the Marathi language
मेडmeda55.87
मेदmeda34.74
मेॅडmeeda3.76
मॅडmeda3.76
Med in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻣﺪamd37.04
ﻣﺤﻤﺪmhmd29.63
ﻣﺪmd22.22
ﺃﻣﺪamd9.26
ﺁﻣﺪamd1.85
Med in the Russian language
Медmed-
Med in the Arabic language
ميدmyd-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Med
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