The Madi surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 247 people carried this name — #73,154 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 717 people named Madi.
211 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Mayotte.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 121 people named Madi 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
65 people named Madi live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Madi in American newspapers,
1908–1941.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 282,611 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Madi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ahmad Awni Madi 1941– · philosopher -
Hamada Madi 1965– · politician -
Malika Madi 1967– · writer -
Nabil Madi 1981– · athletics competitor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 27 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Madi.
- Made 198 · U.S. census
- Madeira 975 · U.S. census
- Madej 901 · U.S. census
- Madeline 207 · U.S. census
- Mader 5,321 · U.S. census
- Madere 1,080 · U.S. census
- Madon 309 · U.S. census
- Madonia 1,177 · U.S. census
- Madonna 1,656 · U.S. census
- Madore 2,532 · U.S. census
- Madray 345 · U.S. census
- Madre 111 · U.S. census
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