Bedie Surname
Approximately 1,637 people bear this surname
Bedie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| Ivory Coast | 584 | 1:39,506 | 2,582 |
| Benin | 139 | 1:74,357 | 8,912 |
| Cameroon | 114 | 1:182,185 | 19,170 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Bédié (3) are calculated separately.
Bedie (529) may also be a first name.
Bedie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bedie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bedie (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺞ) is found most in Ghana. It can also be rendered as: Bédié. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bedie? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 243,551st most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 4,451,769 people. The last name Bedie occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Bedie are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bedie is also the 366,789th most frequently used given name throughout the world, borne by 529 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is borne by 693 people, or 1 in 38,991. Outside of Ghana this surname occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 36 percent live and Benin, where 8 percent live.
Bedie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bedie has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bedie last name rose 175 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bedie Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bedie in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺞ | bj | 25 |
| ﺑﺪﻳﻰ | bdyy | 25 |
| ﺑﺪﻱ | bdy | 25 |
| ﺑﺠﻪ | bjh | 25 |
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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 Bedie
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