Bediah Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Bediah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Bediah (112) may also be a first name.
Bediah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bediah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bediah is most common in Liberia. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bediah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Bediah are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 885,979th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 112 people.
It is most numerous in Liberia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 734,756. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Nimba County, where 100 percent reside. Not including Liberia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 10 percent reside and Canada, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Bediah
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