Medican Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Medican Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Medican Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa291:1,868,19787,346
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Medican Last Name Facts

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

The last name Medican is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Medican? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,100,440th most numerous family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Medican live; 73 percent live in Southern Africa and 73 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 1,868,197. In South Africa Medican is mostly concentrated in: Free State, where 55 percent live, Northern Cape, where 41 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 3 percent live. Aside from South Africa Medican is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent live and Pakistan, where 3 percent live.

Medican Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Medican has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Medican last name increased 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Medican Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Medican earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 43.37% less than the national average, earning R 134,580 per year and in United States they earn 8.12% less than the national average, earning $39,646 USD per year.

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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 Medican
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