Medalen Surname

821,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 338 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Medalen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Medalen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1651:31,1654,308
United States1541:2,353,629145,693
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Medalen Last Name Facts

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

Medalen (Hindi: मेदलेन, Russian: Медальен) is more frequently found in Norway than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Medalen.

How Common Is The Last Name Medalen? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 821,713th most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 21,560,787 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 53 percent of Medalen are found; 53 percent are found in Northern Europe and 53 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequent in Norway, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 31,165. In Norway it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 73 percent are found, Western Norway, where 19 percent are found and Central Norway, where 8 percent are found. Not including Norway Medalen exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 46 percent are found and Sweden, where 4 percent are found.

Medalen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Medalen are 22.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.23% being registered with the political party.

The amount Medalen earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 8.18% more than the national average, earning 374,381 kr per year and in United States they earn 7.27% less than the national average, earning $40,010 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Medalen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Medalen in the Hindi language
मेदलेनmedalena-
Medalen in the Russian language
Медальенmedalen-

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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 Medalen
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