Medales Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nicaragua
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Medales Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Medales Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nicaragua311:194,2292,495
El Salvador171:373,1702,631
Mexico161:7,757,88835,569
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Honduras41:2,204,1106,397

Medales Last Name Facts

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

The surname Medales occurs most in Nicaragua. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Medales? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,185,341st most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Medales reside; 69 percent reside in Central America and 69 percent reside in Hispano-Central America.

The surname is most prevalent in Nicaragua, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 194,229. In Nicaragua it is most numerous in: León Department, where 45 percent live, South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, where 35 percent live and Managua Department, where 13 percent live. Apart from Nicaragua this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in El Salvador, where 23 percent live and Mexico, where 21 percent live.

Medales Last Name Statistics demography

Medales earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 71.96% less than the national average, earning $12,100 USD per year.

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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 Medales
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