The Madani surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 649 people carried this name — #34,801 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is up 31% from 494 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Madani surname
Borrowed from Arabic مدني (madaniyy, “urban, civilized”). This surname is mostly found in Algeria.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Madani» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 286 people named Madani.
Most of them — 181 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Essonne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 267 people named Madani live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
55 people named Madani live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
136 people named Madani is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Madani in American newspapers,
1878–1950.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 770 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Madani,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ahmad Madani 1928–2006 · politician -
Seydou Madani Sy 1933–2026 · politician -
Nizar Madani 1941– · politician -
Rabeheh Madani 1941– · actor -
Jamel Madani 1963– · actor -
Abassi Madani 1931–2019 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 31 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Madani.
- Maclin 2,673 · U.S. census
- Macon 7,008 · U.S. census
- Macone 153 · U.S. census
- Macri 2,637 · U.S. census
- Maczka 290 · U.S. census
- Madala 320 · U.S. census
- Madar 723 · U.S. census
- Maddalena 1,099 · U.S. census
- Made 267 · U.S. census
- Madeira 1,183 · U.S. census
- Madej 888 · U.S. census
- Madeline 237 · U.S. census
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