Bedeh Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Bedeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 41 | 1:107,525 | 8,436 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Bedeh (56) may also be a first name.
Bedeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bedeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bedeh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺪﺡ, Oriya: େବେଦହ) is held by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bedeh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,605,694th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Bedeh are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most widely held forename world-wide, borne by 56 people.
The last name Bedeh is most widespread in Liberia, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 107,525. In Liberia Bedeh is most prevalent in: Nimba County, where 44 percent live, Grand Bassa County, where 29 percent live and Lofa County, where 24 percent live. Besides Liberia Bedeh exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Djibouti, where 7 percent live and Ghana, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bedeh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bedeh in the Oriya language | ||
| େବେଦହ | ebedaha | - |
| Bedeh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺪﺡ | bdh | 50 |
| ﺑﺪﻩ | bdh | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Bedeh
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