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    The surname Medal

    A Spanish surname, carried by 520 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M340

    Medal: #41,799 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Medal #41,799, 520 people Medal: #41,799 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Medal #41,799, 520 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Medal is more common than 74.2% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Medal, itself a surname of Galician origin. This surname is predominantly found in Nicaragua.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 520 people named Medal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 593,741 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 421.

    #41,799
    rank among US surnames
    520
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.5%
    change since 2000 (was #47,389)

    Who is named Medal

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    76% of people named Medal identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 22% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 76%
    • White (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Medal

    Medal has the Soundex code M340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M340.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Medal come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Medal, itself a surname of Galician origin. This surname is predominantly found in Nicaragua.
    How common is the surname Medal?
    520 people in the United States had the surname Medal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 593,741 Americans. It ranked 41,799th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Medal?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Medal identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 22% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Medal getting more or less common?
    More common. 421 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 520 in 2010, up 24%.