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 last name Medales is borne by more people in Nicaragua than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Medales? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,185,341st most widespread surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Medales live; 69 percent live in Central America and 69 percent live in Hispano-Central America.

It is most frequently used in Nicaragua, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 194,229. In Nicaragua it is most frequent in: León Department, where 45 percent are found, South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, where 35 percent are found and Managua Department, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Nicaragua it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in El Salvador, where 23 percent are found and Mexico, where 21 percent are found.

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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