Mêdina
surname · Latin script
Mêdina is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Venezuela it is the 18th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Spanish Medina. The municipality in Misamis Oriental is named after Medina-Sidonia in Spain.
- VEVenezuela≈1 in 153(inferred from the name graph)
- PYParaguay≈1 in 168
- DODominican Republic≈1 in 179
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #187 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 504 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 153 (inferred from the name graph)
≈210,000 people, est.
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Venezuela, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Medina in AR Argentina, US United States, VE Venezuela and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Spanish Medina. The municipality in Misamis Oriental is named after Medina-Sidonia in Spain.
Sources 8
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
- Wiktionary
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Attested across 29 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mêdina counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈210,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.5K | — | Medina | 17 |
| AR Argentina | #21 | 192,671 | 1 in 236 | 193K | Medina | 158 |
| US United States | #429 | 188,497 | 1 in 1.8K | 188K | Medina | 504 |
| VE Venezuela | #18 | ≈190,000 est. | ≈1 in 153 | — | Medina | 125 |
| CO Colombia | #39 | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 381 | 93 | Medina | 215 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 62,233 | 1 in 272 | 62K | Medina | 93 |
| DO Dominican Republic | #19 | ≈59,000 est. | ≈1 in 179 | — | Medina | 102 |
| PY Paraguay | #28 | ≈43,000 est. | ≈1 in 168 | — | Medina | 77 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the co-datosgov-candidates register; INEC — civil registry names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Mêdina mean, and where does it come from?
- From Spanish Medina. The municipality in Misamis Oriental is named after Medina-Sidonia in Spain. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles and 6 other sources.
- In which country does Mêdina have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 215 thousand people named Mêdina in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled medina.
- How common is the name Mêdina?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 192,671 people named Mêdina, about 1 in 236 residents.
- How common is Mêdina compared with other names?
- In Venezuela, Mêdina is the 18th most common surname of 83,461 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mêdina” — the 18th most common surname in Venezuela. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.