Medinus Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Medinus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Medinus (31) may also be a first name.
Medinus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Medinus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Medinus is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Medinus.
How Common Is The Last Name Medinus? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,543,123rd most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname Medinus occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Medinus reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 31 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 7,380,948. In Nigeria Medinus is most frequent in: Lagos, where 38 percent reside, Rivers, where 33 percent reside and Ogun, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent reside and England, where 6 percent reside.
Medinus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Medinus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Medinus last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medenus | 86 | 41 | / |
| Medințu | 86 | 39 | / |
| Medinos | 86 | 7 | / |
| Modinus | 86 | 5 | / |
| Madinus | 86 | 1 | / |
| Medienhaus | 82 | 1 | / |
| Meidingu | 80 | 11 | / |
| Medeinos | 80 | 2 | / |
| Medenu | 77 | 295 | / |
| Midinu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mehedințu | 75 | 46 | / |
| Medenou | 71 | 1,390 | / |
| Midingu | 71 | 41 | / |
| Madunus | 71 | 11 | / |
| Midinau | 71 | 4 | / |
| Midinui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Medenos | 71 | 1 | / |
| Medeenu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mehedenuc | 63 | 1 | / |
| Midenu | 62 | 5 | / |
| Midenou | 57 | 29 | / |
| Maydenu | 57 | 4 | / |
| Médénou | 57 | 2 | / |
| Médenou | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Medinus
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis