# Medici (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/medici/  
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 Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 871 |
| US rank (2010) | 27,625 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 354,472 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.2% (882 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Medici.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Medici 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Medici in Republic of Florence, Brazil, the Kingdom of France and Argentina.

## People named Medici

- Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Brazilian politician (1905–1985), president of Brazil (1969–1974)
- Claudia de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria (1604-1648)
- Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria, Archduchess of Austria (1616-1676)
- Laudomia di Pierfancesco de' Medici
- Matías Médici, Argentine racing cyclist
- Giovanni il Popolano, (1467-1498)
- Pierfrancesco the Elder, (1430-1476)

## Similar surnames

Matthews, Mathis, Mathews, Meadows, Maddox, Matos, Metz, Matias, Mattox, Mathias, Mathes, Moats.

## 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.