Medows Surname

978,274th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 264 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Medows Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Medows Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2341:1,548,970104,799
England91:6,190,895170,599
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
India61:127,844,230863,365
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England621:393,15123,809
Wales41:392,10412,338
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3591:139,88513,187

Medows Last Name Facts

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

Medows is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Medows? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 978,274th most frequently held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 27,604,341 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Medows reside; 87 percent reside in North America and 87 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Medows is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 234 people, or 1 in 1,548,970. In The United States it is primarily found in: Missouri, where 21 percent are found, Illinois, where 20 percent are found and New York, where 12 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent are found and Sri Lanka, where 3 percent are found.

Medows Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Medows has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Medows surname contracted 35 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 85 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Medows Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Medows surname are 23.5% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.27% registered with the party.

Medows earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.72% less than the national average, earning $39,386 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meadows9270,807/
Meddows92175/
Meedows923/
Maedows922/
Meudows921/
Mesdows921/
Medow91405/
Meaddows8613/
Meaduows864/
Mmeadows861/
Meadow831,622/
Meidow8340/
Miedow8320/
Midows8319/
Meddow8315/
Madows834/
Meedow831/
Modows831/
Medowa831/
D'Meadows801/
Maddows7712/
Middows7712/
Meadowf775/
Meadowa772/
Meydowa771/
Mahdows771/
Meadews770/
Meaddow770/
Meadaws770/
Meddaws770/
Medov731,118/
Midow73355/
Medof7343/
Medaw732/
Medów731/
Medob731/
Meadoyvs711/
Meadoivs711/
Medova67825/
Medoff67639/
Medoub6743/
Mmedov6721/
Middow6717/
Medovz674/
Medevs673/
Midowa672/
Meydov672/
Hmedov671/
Mejdov671/
Maidow671/
Mehdov671/
Meadof671/
Medauw670/
Meddaw670/

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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
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  • 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 Medows
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