Medeton Surname

807,857th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 346 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Medeton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Medeton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin3041:33,9994,426
Nigeria381:4,661,652124,734
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Medeton (453) may also be a first name.

Medeton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Medeton is found most frequently in Benin. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Medeton? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 807,857th most frequently used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 21,062,271 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Medeton live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Medeton is also the 401,726th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 453 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 304 people, or 1 in 33,999. In Benin Medeton is most numerous in: Collines Department, where 37 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 17 percent reside and Zou Department, where 16 percent reside. Beside Benin it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 11 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meddeton930/
Mideton8653/
Middeton8011/
Mideston801/
Meditton800/
Maddeton800/
Medhatoun751/
Middieton751/
Madetan718/
Maditon717/
Medatan713/
Madaiton67463/
Meditatn671/
Medathan671/
Maedotthan5915/
Maditan5731/
Meditam579/
Miditan578/
Midatan577/
Madatan574/
Madotan571/
Modittan531/
Midataan531/
Madithan531/
Midithaan501/

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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 Medeton
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