Medelson Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Chile

Medelson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Medelson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
France11:66,422,722504,397
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Medelson (22) may also be a first name.

Medelson Last Name Facts

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

The surname Medelson (Russian: Медельсон) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Medelson? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,063,924th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Medelson reside; 60 percent reside in North America and 60 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 22 people.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 60,409,822. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 67 percent live, California, where 17 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 17 percent live. Not including The United States it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Chile, where 20 percent live and France, where 10 percent live.

Medelson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Medelson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Medelson surname grew 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Medelsohn942/
Medlson930/
Medilson8812/
Medelsen881/
Meddlson881/
Midelson881/
Meddleson827/
Meidelsen823/
Meadleson821/
Middelson820/
Muidelson820/
Midelsohn820/
Middelsen711/
Maidilson711/
Mideljung595/
Middleson593/

Medelson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Medelson in the Russian language
Медельсонmedelson-

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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 Medelson
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