Amedekah Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Amedekah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Amedekah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amedekah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amedekah is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Amedekah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amedekah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 935,326th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 25,934,327 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Amedekah live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most common in Ghana, where it is carried by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Barring Ghana Amedekah exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amedeka | 93 | 2,898 | / |
| Amedakah | 88 | 2 | / |
| Amedekay | 88 | 1 | / |
| Amedika | 80 | 21 | / |
| Amadeka | 80 | 2 | / |
| Amedeko | 80 | 1 | / |
| Omedeka | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hamedikhah | 78 | 1 | / |
| Omodekah | 75 | 16 | / |
| Amedekey | 75 | 12 | / |
| Amedjkoh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gamedika | 75 | 1 | / |
| Amedekou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Amadekaj | 75 | 1 | / |
| Amedjkouh | 71 | 95 | / |
| Amadeekay | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gamedekou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omodeka | 67 | 95 | / |
| Amadaka | 67 | 18 | / |
| Amedoko | 67 | 5 | / |
| Amadika | 67 | 5 | / |
| Amodoka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amidoka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amedeco | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Amedekah
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