Edeba Surname
Approximately 519 people bear this surname
Edeba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 332 | 1:533,563 | 26,209 |
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Edeba (56) may also be a first name.
Edeba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Edeba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Edeba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺩﺏ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Edeba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 599,225th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 14,041,514 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Edeba live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 56 people.
Edeba is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 332 people, or 1 in 533,563. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 73 percent are found, Lagos, where 6 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 5 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Edeba occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 32 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Edeba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Edeba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﺩﺏ | adb | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﺑﺔ | aldbt | 33.33 |
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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 Edeba
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