Medella Surname

1,276,805th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Medella Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Medella Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1291:1,659,49154,555
Mauritania211:194,9939,876
Philippines181:5,624,346177,167
India51:153,413,076951,030
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Medella (77) may also be a first name.

Medella Last Name Facts

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

The last name Medella (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺪﻝ) is found most frequently in Brazil. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Medella.

How Common Is The Last Name Medella? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,276,805th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. The surname Medella occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Medella reside; 72 percent reside in South America and 72 percent reside in Luso-South America. Medella is also the 1,100,117th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 77 people.

The last name is most numerous in Brazil, where it is borne by 129 people, or 1 in 1,659,491. In Brazil Medella is mostly concentrated in: Rio de Janeiro, where 81 percent live, São Paulo, where 12 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 2 percent live. Other than Brazil this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 12 percent live and The Philippines, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Medella Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Medella in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﺪﻝmdl40
ﻣﺪﻻmdla20
ﻣﺪﻟﻪmdlh20
ﻣﺪﺍﻟﻠﻪmdallh20

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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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  • 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 Medella
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