# Madani (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/madani/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 649 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,801 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 475,725 people |
| Change since 2000 | +31% (494 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مدني (madaniyy, “urban, civilized”). This surname is mostly found in Algeria.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Madani in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 67% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 18% |
| Two or more races | 9.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Madani in Algeria and Belgium.

## People named Madani

- Abassi Madani, Algerian politician, the founder of the Islamic Salvation Front (1931–2019)
- Nawell Madani, Belgian humorist
- Houari Manar, Algerian rai singer

## Similar surnames

Medina, Madden, Maiden, Madonna, Madan, Madonia, Matheny, Mouton, Matney, Moten, Moton, Metheny.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.