Medeya Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Medeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Medeya (589) may also be a first name.
Medeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Medeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Medeya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺪﻳﺎ, Russian: Медея) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Medeya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Medeya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,436,415th most widely held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 42 percent of Medeya reside; 34 percent reside in Central Africa and 34 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 344,724th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 589 people.
The surname Medeya is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Apart from The DR Congo this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in India, where 29 percent are found and Russia, where 26 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Medeya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Medeya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺪﻳﺎ | mdya | 83.33 |
| ﻣﺪﻳﻪ | mdyh | 16.67 |
| Medeya in the Russian language | ||
| Медея | medea | - |
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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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- 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 Medeya
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