Media Surname
Approximately 2,123 people bear this surname
Media Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 933 | 1:141,746 | 14,014 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Uganda | 204 | 1:191,369 | 15,594 |
| DR Congo | 185 | 1:399,349 | 33,942 |
| Philippines | 75 | 1:1,349,843 | 99,755 |
| India | 51 | 1:15,040,498 | 247,985 |
| Greece | 50 | 1:221,596 | 34,567 |
| Ivory Coast | 45 | 1:512,694 | 16,131 |
| Spain | 34 | 1:1,375,060 | 44,096 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Israel | 30 | 1:285,254 | 25,178 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 1:593,778 | 45,605 |
| Iran | 22 | 1:3,490,115 | 99,764 |
| Pakistan | 20 | 1:8,932,194 | 45,447 |
| Uruguay | 15 | 1:228,784 | 17,372 |
| Colombia | 12 | 1:3,981,173 | 16,511 |
| Algeria | 12 | 1:3,219,296 | 45,820 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Honduras | 3 | 1:2,938,814 | 7,190 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Média (1) are calculated separately.
Media (14,135) may also be a first name.
Media Demographics
Average Male Media Height
175.71 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Media Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Media Come From? nationality or country of origin
Media (Arabic: اعلام, Georgian: მედია, Hindi: मेडिया, Oriya: େମଡିଆ, Russian: Медиа) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Média. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Media? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 197,255th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 3,432,664 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 55 percent of Media live; 48 percent live in Southeast Asia and 44 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 48,298th most commonly held forename on earth, held by 14,135 people.
This last name is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 933 people, or 1 in 141,746. In Indonesia Media is mostly found in: West Java, where 41 percent reside, Jakarta, where 19 percent reside and West Sumatra, where 17 percent reside. Not including Indonesia Media occurs in 50 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 11 percent reside and Uganda, where 10 percent reside.
Media Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Media earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 15.62% less than the national average, earning $19,155,800 COP per year and in Canada they earn 10.29% more than the national average, earning $54,793 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Media Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Media in the Georgian language | ||
| მედია | media | - |
| Media in the Oriya language | ||
| େମଡିଆ | emadi'a | 66.67 |
| େମଦିଆ | emadi'a | 33.33 |
| Media in the Hindi language | ||
| मेडिया | mediya | 50 |
| मेडीया | mediya | 50 |
| Media in the Russian language | ||
| Медиа | media | - |
| Media in the Arabic language | ||
| اعلام | alam | - |
| مديا | mdya | - |
| ميديا | mydya | - |
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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 Media
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