Medlej Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Medlej Surname User-submission:
An Arabic surname. It goes back to a tribe in what is now Saudi Arabia, from the time of Al Jaheliya, 1,400 years ago. In the Arabic language, medlej, pronounced as modlej in informal Arabic, means ;the person who walks at night; and many believe that the Medlej tribe used to walk in the dark.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 35 | 1:10,355,970 | 420,657 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Medlej Surname Meaning
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An Arabic surname. It goes back to a tribe in what is now Saudi Arabia, from the time of Al Jaheliya, 1,400 years ago. In the Arabic language, medlej, pronounced as modlej in informal Arabic, means ;the person who walks at night; and many believe that the Medlej tribe used to walk in the dark. Nowadays, most people holding this surname are Muslims, yet there are still many who are Christians residing in Lebanon and other countries.
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Medlej Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Medlej Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Medlej is found most frequently in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Medlej? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,967,751st most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. The last name Medlej is predominantly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Medlej reside; 47 percent reside in North America and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 10,355,970. In The United States Medlej is mostly concentrated in: Michigan, where 43 percent are found, Virginia, where 20 percent are found and Texas, where 17 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 10 percent are found and Canada, where 8 percent are found.
Medlej Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Medlej surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.85% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Medlej earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 46.92% more than the national average, earning $63,395 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.96% less than the national average, earning $42,249 CAD per year.
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