Medicine Surname

1,061,269th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Medicine Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Medicine Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1571:109,03912,664
Canada291:1,270,53890,455
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Zimbabwe41:3,859,560114,807
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Medicine (1,185) may also be a first name.

Medicine Last Name Facts

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

The surname Medicine is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Medicine? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,061,269th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 31,010,834 people. The surname Medicine occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Medicine reside; 75 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Medicine is also the 230,391st most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 1,185 people.

The surname Medicine is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Aside from Malawi this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 12 percent are found and Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.

Medicine Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Medicine earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 6.63% less than the national average, earning R 221,880 per year and in Canada they earn 22.19% less than the national average, earning $38,658 CAD 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 Medicine
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