Medad Surname
Approximately 779 people bear this surname
Medad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 419 | 1:46,064 | 2,525 |
| Yemen | 134 | 1:197,204 | 8,473 |
| Nigeria | 57 | 1:3,107,768 | 95,628 |
| Tanzania | 47 | 1:1,126,417 | 46,452 |
| Israel | 32 | 1:267,426 | 24,032 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Medad (1,791) may also be a first name.
Medad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Medad Come From? nationality or country of origin
Medad (Arabic: معضاض, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺪﺍﺩ, Hindi: मेदडा, Marathi: मेदाड) is found most in Syria. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Medad.
How Common Is The Last Name Medad? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 439,664th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 9,355,001 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Medad reside; 80 percent reside in West Asia and 58 percent reside in Levant. Medad is also the 180,706th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 1,791 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Syria, where it is borne by 419 people, or 1 in 46,064. In Syria Medad is most prevalent in: Deir ez-Zor Governorate, where 96 percent reside, Homs Governorate, where 3 percent reside and Al-Hasakah Governorate, where 1 percent reside. Besides Syria this surname is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 17 percent reside and Nigeria, where 7 percent reside.
Medad Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Medad has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Medad Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Medad in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺪﺍﺩ | mdad | - |
| Medad in the Marathi language | ||
| मेदाड | medada | - |
| Medad in the Hindi language | ||
| मेदडा | medada | 50 |
| मेदड | medada | 25 |
| मेदाद | medada | 25 |
| Medad in the Arabic language | ||
| معضاض | mdad | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Medad
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