Medya Surname
Approximately 1,650 people bear this surname
Medya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,294 | 1:592,786 | 28,691 |
| Indonesia | 133 | 1:994,355 | 72,948 |
| Turkey | 96 | 1:810,640 | 39,540 |
| Russia | 54 | 1:2,668,945 | 150,916 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Belarus | 9 | 1:1,055,673 | 72,859 |
| Kazakhstan | 9 | 1:1,964,722 | 89,832 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Medya (2,634) may also be a first name.
Medya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Medya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Medya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺪﻳﺎ, Hindi: मेद्या, Russian: Медя) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Medya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 241,993rd most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 4,416,694 people. The last name Medya is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Medya are found; 78 percent are found in South Asia and 78 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 143,120th most common first name internationally, borne by 2,634 people.
This last name is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 1,294 people, or 1 in 592,786. In India it is primarily concentrated in: West Bengal, where 95 percent reside, Madhya Pradesh, where 3 percent reside and Telangana, where 1 percent reside. Apart from India this last name occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 8 percent reside and Turkey, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Medya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Medya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺪﻳﺎ | mdya | - |
| Medya in the Hindi language | ||
| मेद्या | medya | 88.89 |
| मेद्य | medya | 8.02 |
| मे़द्या | medya | 1.23 |
| मेेद्य | meedya | 0.62 |
| मेधा | medha | 0.62 |
| मेद्याा | medyaa | 0.62 |
| Medya in the Russian language | ||
| Медя | meda | - |
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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 Medya
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