Edecha Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Edecha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Edecha (49) may also be a first name.
Edecha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Edecha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Edecha is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Edecha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Edecha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,427,875th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Edecha reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Edecha is also the 1,430,306th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 49 people.
The surname Edecha is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kogi, where 90 percent are found and Benue, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 45 percent are found and Norway, where 5 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 Edecha
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