Dedefo Surname
Approximately 3,721 people bear this surname
Dedefo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 3,703 | 1:26,342 | 3,258 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 1:52,730 | 10,588 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Dedefo (3,354) may also be a first name.
Dedefo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dedefo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dedefo is most common in Ethiopia. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Dedefo.
How Common Is The Last Name Dedefo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 122,792nd most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,958,491 people. The last name Dedefo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dedefo reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Dedefo is also the 123,183rd most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 3,354 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 3,703 people, or 1 in 26,342. Aside from Ethiopia Dedefo is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Dedefo
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