Medwin Surname

433,610th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 793 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Medwin Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Medwin.' One of the many personal names with suffix -win; compare Godwin, Unwin, Baldwin, and Goldwin. 'In the unreformed calendar the feast of St. Medwyn stands for Jan. 1' (Lower).

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Medwin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia3931:68,6918,159
United States2421:1,497,764102,032
England541:1,031,81650,675
Canada471:783,94961,790
New Zealand191:238,33322,631
Israel91:950,84857,975
Wales91:343,83718,086
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England851:286,76919,769
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Medwin (648) may also be a first name.

Medwin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Medwin.' One of the many personal names with suffix -win; compare Godwin, Unwin, Baldwin, and Goldwin. 'In the unreformed calendar the feast of St. Medwyn stands for Jan. 1' (Lower). 'St Mawdwen (or Modwin) was one of St. Patrick's Irish nuns; and another later Modwin, also Irish, came to England in 840, and educated Edith, daughter of King Ethelwolf, and founded an abbey at Polsworth' (Yonge).

Modewine, wife of Clement Cotton, Close Rolls, 3 Edward IV.

1787. Married — John Morris and Patty Medwin: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Teutonic) the Old Teutonic Madwin, Medwin—*mád,*méd = Old English mǽð, power, reverence, etc. + win- [Old Saxon O.H.Ger. wini = Old English wine = Old Norse uin-r, a friend]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The baptismal name is said to occur so early as the second century, in the story of King Lucius and Pope Eleutherius. In the Unreformed calendar, the feast of St. Medwyn stands for January 1. The saint was buried in Scotland, in which country there is a river called Medwin, co. Lanark.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Medwin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Medwin (Marathi: मेडवीन) is carried by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Medwin? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 433,610th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 9,189,844 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 52 percent of Medwin reside; 52 percent reside in Australasia and 52 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 326,442nd most commonly occurring forename world-wide. It is borne by 648 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Australia, where it is held by 393 people, or 1 in 68,691. In Australia it is most common in: Tasmania, where 38 percent live, New South Wales, where 24 percent live and Victoria, where 21 percent live. Besides Australia this last name is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 31 percent live and England, where 7 percent live.

Medwin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Medwin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Medwin last name expanded 8,067 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 36 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Medwin Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Medwin surname are 2.29% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.94% registered with the party.

The amount Medwin earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 51.56% more than the national average, earning $65,395 USD per year and in Canada they earn 41.25% more than the national average, earning $70,176 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meudwin921/
Meadwin921/
Midwin8336/
Meduin8327/
Madwin8317/
Modwin833/
Metwin831/
Medwyn831/
Midwing774/
Midwind771/
Moidwin771/
Methwin770/
Madwn731/
Moethwin711/
Matwin67155/
Maduin6733/
Modwen6727/
Moduin676/
Motwin674/
Madwen672/
Metthwien671/
Mitwin671/

Medwin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Medwin in the Marathi language
मेडवीनmedavina-

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