Medinus Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Medinus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Medinus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria241:7,380,948165,663
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England21:27,859,030389,889
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Medenus8641/
Medințu8639/
Medinos867/
Modinus865/
Madinus861/
Medienhaus821/
Meidingu8011/
Medeinos802/
Medenu77295/
Midinu771/
Mehedințu7546/
Medenou711,390/
Midingu7141/
Madunus7111/
Midinau714/
Midinui711/
Medenos711/
Medeenu711/
Mehedenuc631/
Midenu625/
Midenou5729/
Maydenu574/
Médénou572/
Médenou571/

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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
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