Medway Surname

224,900th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,808 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Medway Surname Definition:

(Celtic) Dweller by the R. Medway [the second element is prob. the Welsh g)wy, water]

Medway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia7111:37,9694,946
England6751:82,5459,109
United States1861:1,948,704125,871
Canada901:409,39536,056
Wales431:71,9666,223
New Zealand261:174,16618,836
Scotland161:334,61415,044
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Iran61:12,797,087199,837
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
France31:22,140,907385,998
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2961:82,3498,789
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:1,731,67989,620

Medway (11) may also be a first name.

Medway Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) Dweller by the R. Medway [the second element is prob. the Welsh g)wy, water]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A river, Kent.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Medway Last Name Facts

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

Medway (Arabic: مدوي) is found in Australia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Medway? popularity and diffusion

The last name Medway is the 224,900th most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,030,722 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 41 percent of Medway reside; 41 percent reside in Northern Europe and 41 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 11 people.

The surname Medway is most prevalent in Australia, where it is held by 711 people, or 1 in 37,969. In Australia Medway is most frequent in: New South Wales, where 87 percent live, Queensland, where 7 percent live and Australian Capital Territory, where 3 percent live. Besides Australia this surname exists in 24 countries. It is also common in England, where 37 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.

Medway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Medway has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 228 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 641 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Medway Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Medway last name are 5.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.38% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Medway earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 24.61% more than the national average, earning $53,770 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.61% more than the national average, earning $55,453 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meadway92205/
Meedway920/
Medwa912/
Metway83175/
Madway8343/
Maedwa8325/
Medwah834/
Midway833/
Mmedwa832/
Medwaj831/
Modway831/
Medwey831/
Mgedwa831/
Medwai831/
Medwat831/
Medwayosh806/
Madwayi77214/
Madwaya77103/
Medwatz775/
Meduayu774/
Midways771/
Medbaya771/
Medhwaj771/
Metwaya771/
Midwayy771/
Modwayi771/
Madwaye771/
Metwahy771/
Meatway770/
Medua73347/
Medby73178/
Metwa73133/
Madwa7385/
Midwa7383/
Modwa7329/
Medva7319/
Medba735/
Medwi731/
Medwe731/
Metwaiiy716/
Medhvaya711/
Methwayo711/
Maduay67487/
Medvyd67179/
Medbai67145/
Medvey6793/
Metwaa6773/
Matway6772/
Metwah6753/
Madwai6746/
Metwai6731/
Midwai6725/
Meedby6723/
Madhwa6722/
Metwaj6720/
Motway6712/
Medwit6712/
Maedua6711/
Metwas679/
Madvay678/
Madwaj674/
Medvaj674/
Maidwa674/
Metwat674/
Madwah673/
Medvat673/
Medbaj672/
Metwau672/
Mmetwa672/
Meytwa672/
Midbay671/
Medbha671/
Metwea671/
Meduah671/
Madwhy671/
Metwae671/
Matdwa671/
Mahdwy671/
Medwej671/
Mehdwi671/
Methwa671/
Mhetwa671/
Medbah671/
Maetwa671/
Moetwa671/
Meduea671/
Medvyt671/
Mhadwa671/
Mitway670/
Medbey670/
Medbuy670/

Medway Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Medway in the Arabic language
مدويmdwy-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Medway
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