# Medved (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/medved/  
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 the Slavic languages.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,298 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,458 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 237,863 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.4% (1,358 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Medvid, Medwid |

## Etymology

As a Slovene, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Jewish, Slovak, and Czech (Medvěd) surname, all from common Slavic for bear, from Proto-Slavic *medvědь (“bear”). Compare Nedved. Also sometimes Americanized from Russian patronymic Medvedev, of the same meaning.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Medved 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Medved in Belarus, Belgium and the United States.

## People named Medved

- Aleksandr Medved, Belarusian Soviet wrestler (1937—2024)
- Dirk Medved, Belgian footballer
- Michael Medved, American radio show host and writer

## 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.