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The Meda surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 985 people carried this name — #25,171 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 48% from 666 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Meda surname

A surname transferred from the place name.

Probably from Latin mēta (“turning point; boundary limit”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Meda» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 315 people named Meda live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 205
City of Buenos Aires 50
Córdoba 30
Entre Ríos 30

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 189 people named Meda.

21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Ariège.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 21
Ariège 39
Haute-Garonne 30
Côtes-d’Armor 28
Paris 13
Bouches-du-Rhône 9
Haut-Rhin 9
Tarn 6
Ain 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

25 people named Meda live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 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

Geneva 8
Ticino 7
Zurich 7
Vaud 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Meda,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giuseppe Meda
    Giuseppe Meda 1534–1599 · architect
  • Filippo Meda
    Filippo Meda 1869–1939 · politician
  • Vincenzo Meda d. 1547 · typographer
  • Felicja Meda 1378–1444 · nun
  • Giacomo Maria Meda 1501–1614 · printer
  • Bianca Maria Meda 1665–1732 · composer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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