Médica Surname

1,828,462nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Médica Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Médica Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Brazil331:6,487,101155,169
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Panama41:978,06412,245
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Medica (2,287) & Mèdica (3) are calculated separately.

Médica Last Name Facts

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

The surname Médica (Arabic: مديك) occurs most in Portugal. It may also occur as a variant: Medica or Mèdica. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Médica? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,828,462nd most frequently used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Médica live; 43 percent live in South America and 42 percent live in Iberian Europe.

It is most numerous in Portugal, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 274,164. Without taking into account Portugal Médica is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 32 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Médica Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Médica has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 175 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Medica942,287/
Mèdica943/
Médicas9213/
Médico83160/
Médici8352/
Médice8323/
Midica831/
Medicas7724/
Maidica777/
Medicha775/
Medicap774/
Medicea774/
Medisca771/
Medicka771/
Medicia771/
Maidicka711/
Medici6715,054/
Medico673,909/
Medice671,292/
Medika671,281/
Mediza67508/
Midika67398/
Midico676/
Midici674/
Midice672/
Mèdico671/
Medeca671/
Medicí671/
Médeci671/

Médica Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Médica in the Arabic language
مديكmdyk-

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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 Médica
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