Medawar Surname

573,706th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 549 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Qatar

Medawar Surname User-submission:

The Medawar surname means 'to demonstrate a circular shape of an abstract'.

Originating from the Arabic word medawar, which means 'circular'.

Medawar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2291:1,582,790106,555
Argentina771:555,10940,132
Brazil501:4,281,487114,765
Canada431:856,87466,382
England291:1,921,31276,208
Qatar221:107,18211,536
France191:3,495,933219,029
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
India121:63,922,115578,870
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Lebanon61:939,51416,645
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Chile11:17,616,47493,597

The alternate forms: Médawar (1) are calculated separately.

Medawar Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Medawar surname means 'to demonstrate a circular shape of an abstract'.

Originating from the Arabic word medawar, which means 'circular'.

- natachamedawar

Medawar Last Name Facts

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

Medawar (Marathi: मदवार) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Médawar. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Medawar? popularity and diffusion

The last name Medawar is the 573,706th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,274,218 people. The surname Medawar is predominantly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Medawar reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 42 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Medawar is most common in The United States, where it is held by 229 people, or 1 in 1,582,790. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 22 percent are found, Michigan, where 16 percent are found and Virginia, where 8 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 14 percent are found and Brazil, where 9 percent are found.

Medawar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Medawar surname are 2.09% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.32% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Medawar earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 42.87% more than the national average, earning $61,648 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.18% less than the national average, earning $43,630 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Médawar951/
Medawwar931/
Meddawar931/
Medaward931/
Medewar8668/
Medavar8639/
Madawar8625/
Modawar8623/
Medabar862/
Medowar862/
Medahuar8021/
Medhavar8018/
Madhawar8016/
Maddawar802/
Medabair801/
Medhewar801/
Maidawar801/
Medhabar801/
Mahadawar751/
Maydhawar751/
Medevar71367/
Madavar71147/
Madewar71112/
Medovar7142/
Modavar7115/
Midavar7110/
Modewar717/
Maggidawar712/
Medabor711/
Modowar711/
Madhavar67169/
Maddavar6725/
Madahuar6725/
Mahdavar6710/
Medhevar677/
Maidavar676/
Middewar675/
Maddewar674/
Modhewar673/
Madhewar672/
Mojdavar671/
Modewaar671/
Myodavar671/

Medawar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Medawar in the Marathi language
मदवारmadavara66.67
मेडावारmedavara33.33

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