Medaño Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Spain

Medaño Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Medaño Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Medano (73) & Médano (1) are calculated separately.

Medaño Last Name Facts

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

The last name Medaño is more commonly found in Colombia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Medano or Médano. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Medaño? popularity and diffusion

The surname Medaño is the 11,742,229th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Medaño occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Medaño are found; 50 percent are found in South America and 50 percent are found in Caribbean South America.

The last name Medaño is most commonly held in Colombia, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 47,774,072. In Colombia Medaño is most common in: Norte de Santander Department, where 100 percent live. Besides Colombia it exists in one country. It also occurs in Spain, where 50 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Medano9473/
Médano891/
Medaña833/
Moedano772,042/
Medaino7723/
Medanou7720/
Medanyo774/
Medanos773/
Medango773/
Medanio772/
Maedano771/
Meydano771/
Meudano771/
Medannou71423/
Medamnou711/
Meydanoa711/
Medena672,383/
Medana67314/
Medona67100/
Midano676/
Madeño672/
Meydanjoo671/
Midaña671/
Medono671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Medaño
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