Medah Surname
Approximately 2,893 people bear this surname
Medah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 1,086 | 1:16,899 | 1,256 |
| Algeria | 1,068 | 1:36,172 | 6,553 |
| Indonesia | 266 | 1:497,177 | 40,699 |
| Cameroon | 145 | 1:143,235 | 15,918 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Mauritania | 109 | 1:37,568 | 2,954 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
The alternate forms: Médah (1) are calculated separately.
Medah (576) may also be a first name.
Medah Demographics
Average Medah Salary in
United States
$30,708 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Medah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Medah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Medah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺪﺍﺡ) is found most frequently in Burkina Faso. It may also appear in the variant forms: Médah. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Medah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 152,166th most numerous family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,519,027 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Medah reside; 42 percent reside in North Africa and 42 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 349,109th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 576 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 1,086 people, or 1 in 16,899. In Burkina Faso Medah is mostly concentrated in: Sud-Ouest Region, where 49 percent live, Centre Region, where 25 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 13 percent live. Aside from Burkina Faso this last name exists in 29 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 37 percent live and Indonesia, where 9 percent live.
Medah Last Name Statistics demography
Medah earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 28.83% less than the national average, earning $30,708 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Medah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Medah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻤﺪﺍﺡ | almdah | 71.43 |
| ﻣﺪﺍﺡ | mdah | 25.71 |
| ﻣﺪﺍﻩ | mdah | 2.86 |
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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 Medah
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