Eden Surname

12,850th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43,664 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Eden Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Ede,' from diminutive Edon; v. Eade. If this be not satisfactory there is only one other solution, viz. Idonia. If this were sometimes Edonia we might expect the form Edon as well as Iddon, which we know to represent Idonia.

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Eden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,1931:35,5604,440
Ethiopia9,1761:10,6311,583
England5,9311:9,3941,377
Germany3,3731:23,8683,163
Australia1,9091:14,1412,010
Nigeria1,6461:107,6207,198
Canada1,5001:24,5643,330
Philippines1,2821:78,96913,664
Israel1,0801:7,9241,244
Kenya1,0111:45,6774,727
Turkey9981:77,9777,157
New Zealand6741:6,7191,127
Uganda5421:72,0287,939
Togo4201:17,2575,159
Indonesia3861:342,61429,733
South Africa3171:170,90818,978
Somalia2451:54,9062,420
Argentina2351:181,88715,219
Bhutan1881:3,277203
Wales1811:17,0971,856
Honduras1741:50,6691,255
Scotland1521:35,2223,441
Netherlands1411:119,76718,833
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Tanzania1241:426,94829,878
Cayman Islands1141:56089
Malaysia881:335,16217,995
Portugal851:122,5685,627
Botswana771:28,4025,684
Mexico751:1,655,01617,098
Nicaragua751:80,2811,724
Denmark741:76,2807,479
India641:11,985,397216,293
Ireland581:81,1894,753
France571:1,165,311123,217
Switzerland491:167,61115,447
Spain441:1,062,54638,570
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Thailand411:1,722,886219,200
Brazil401:5,351,858134,966
United Arab Emirates401:229,05715,464
Peru391:814,97817,459
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Northern Ireland331:55,9104,502
Iraq311:1,129,73113,630
Sweden291:339,54323,803
Papua New Guinea261:313,60442,091
Jersey241:4,133843
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Finland231:238,98719,121
China221:62,150,9803,380
Lebanon211:268,4339,626
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Pakistan181:9,924,66048,309
Taiwan181:1,302,4868,817
Barbados171:16,909980
Italy171:3,597,452102,597
Norway171:302,48730,120
Afghanistan141:2,296,65615,575
Ukraine141:3,251,621182,804
Turks and Caicos Islands131:2,641268
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
Mauritania101:409,48616,302
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Mauritius41:323,35410,053
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Isle of Man21:42,9113,686
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Somaliland11:3,500,1821,592
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland151:295,32411,912
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,9971:8,1331,240
Scotland431:87,0524,622
Wales91:174,2686,522
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9251:54,2906,097

The alternate forms: Edén (586), Éden (3) & Edèn (2) are calculated separately.

Eden (181,079) may also be a first name.

Eden Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Ede,' from diminutive Edon; v. Eade. If this be not satisfactory there is only one other solution, viz. Idonia. If this were sometimes Edonia we might expect the form Edon as well as Iddon, which we know to represent Idonia. Since writing the above I have found an instance:

Edonia Tumour, Agnes uxor, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Unfortunately this appears to be a masculine name.

Nicholas fil. Edon, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Roger fil. Edon, Norfolk, ibid.

Nel fil. Edine, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Henry Edon, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Johan Mountenay et Edden sa femme, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Robertus Busby, et Eden uxor ejus, Smyth, 1379: ibid.

Johannes Slipar, et Edan uxor ejus, 1379: ibid.

Looking at all these instances carefully, I suspect that they are all diminutives of the then popular girl's name Ede.

1660. Married — Henrie Sadde and Parnell Eaden: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French) for Edon = Ede or Ead(e (q.v.) + the French diminutive suff. -on. (English) the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Eádhun [O.E, eád, prosperity + hun or hún, of uncertain origin] (Celtic) 1 a form of Aidan, q.v.

2 Dweller at the Hill-Brow [Gaelic eadann = Irish eudan, forehead, hill-brow] 3 conf. with Iddon, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Little Edith” in Old English. Possibly also “Son of Ede”.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English) Descendant of little Ede or Ead (prosperity).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Though the pedigree is not traced higher than the year 1413, there is no reason to doubt that the name is local and derived from either Castle Eden or Little Eden in the county of Durham, where, as Mr. Courthope asserts, the family were resident for several generations prior to the close of the XIV. cent.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Or De Torp. William de Torp or Torpes and bis fief in Normandy are mentioned 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae), he granted part of bis lordship of Eden, Durham, to the Church of Durham before 1180 (Surtees, Durham, Append., vol. i. p. 281). His descendant, Eustace de Eden, granted part of Eden to the same church 1318 (Ib. vol. i. p. 40). Eustace and Utred de Edene were witnesses to the charter of William de Torp of Eden, being probably his younger brothers. The family appears to have always remained seated in Durham. See Lambton.

The Norman People (1874)

Eden Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Eden Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Eden (Georgian: ედენ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻥ, Hindi: एदेन, Marathi: एदेन, Tibetan: གཡུ་སྒྲོན།) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Edén, Éden or Edèn. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Eden? popularity and diffusion

The last name Eden is the 12,850th most common last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 166,901 people. The surname Eden occurs mostly in Africa, where 32 percent of Eden are found; 27 percent are found in North America and 27 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Eden is also the 5,793rd most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 181,079 people.

Eden is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 10,193 people, or 1 in 35,560. In The United States Eden is most numerous in: California, where 10 percent reside, Texas, where 7 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Beside The United States it exists in 124 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 21 percent reside and England, where 14 percent reside.

Eden Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Eden has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Eden surname grew 1,102 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 198 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 2,011 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 353 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 387 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Eden Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (73%) in Ireland, Muslim (50%) in Kenya and Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those bearing the Eden last name are 14.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Eden earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 58.5% more than the national average, earning S/. 30,726 per year; in South Africa they earn 14.63% more than the national average, earning R 272,400 per year; in Colombia they earn 28.87% less than the national average, earning $16,149,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.7% more than the national average, earning $43,451 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.71% more than the national average, earning $50,036 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Edén92586/
Éden923/
Edèn922/
Eiden894,915/
Edden89900/
Geden89571/
Eaden89566/
Heden89546/
Euden89509/
Eyden89441/
Edeen89435/
Edeng89335/
Eeden89319/
Oeden89273/
Esden89244/
Yeden89105/
Jeden8994/
Edien8954/
Edeun8941/
Aeden8921/
Edent8918/
Ejden8910/
Edenå899/
Eduen897/
Edenn892/
Edoen892/
Edesn892/
Ehden891/
Edend891/
Edemn891/
Edn8619/
Heiden8010,851/
Hedden805,585/
Heyden805,391/
Headen802,376/
Hedeen80841/
Easden80365/
Hoeden80223/
Hieden80155/
Jedeng80153/
Eisden80117/
Edenne80117/
Eident8097/
Gedden8092/
Heeden8072/
Yedeng8057/
Edemne8047/
Eijden8045/
Hedeng8037/
Hedien8034/
Geyden8025/
Hesden8024/
Heduen8021/
Eydent8019/
Yeyden8015/
Eideng8014/
Eydene8012/
Eideen8010/
Hejden807/
Haeden806/
Eddeen805/
Jedden804/
Eidoen804/
E'Dien804/
Eudeen803/
Yoeden803/
Geiden803/
Eidene803/
Estden802/
Hjeden802/
Eysden802/
Eddien802/
Yedeen802/
Esdend802/
Eadeng802/
Aedden801/
Ioeden801/
Heuden801/
Eddeng801/
Eedeen801/
Hyeden801/
Hetden801/
Yedien801/
Yeduen801/
Geeden801/
Eaiden801/
Jedehn801/
Jedien801/
Eedeng801/
Jeduen801/
Eadden800/
Aedeen800/
Yheden800/
Aden75589,965/
Edem75147,582/
Edin7518,916/
Oden7515,332/
Iden755,647/
Öden753,564/
Edyn75235/
Yden75163/
Edne7541/
Eedn758/
Aedn756/
Gedn755/
Ednh752/
Jden752/
Jedn751/
Edhn751/
Edng751/
Ednn751/
Esdn751/
Iedn751/
Heijden731,450/
Headden73499/
Jehdeng73116/
Headend7381/
Edenova7344/
Ejheden7323/
Giheden7311/
Heedene738/
Heidene737/
Edengue735/
Jeheden734/
Yesdeng734/
Heayden733/
Ijedeng733/
Edenová733/
Hiedenn732/
Heedeen732/
Hedehen731/
Heideng731/
Aiyeden731/
Jheyden731/
Jhedeng731/
Jiedeng731/
Heidden730/
Heddeen730/
Haedden730/
Hedin678,448/
Haden677,220/
Hyden674,691/
Hoden672,899/
Odden672,318/
Eddin672,219/
Eidem672,124/
Giden671,990/
Eding671,919/
Edina671,882/
Aiden671,475/
Edgin671,272/
Hedén671,185/
Aaden671,050/
Hiden67794/
Ayden67523/
Yoden67508/
Adeen67428/
Adden67412/
Gedin67306/
Odien67288/
Edion67262/
Odeen67252/
Oedin67148/
Aduen67147/
Öğden67144/
Aedin67132/
Edyna67126/
Adien67126/
Yedem67118/
Eduin67117/
Isden67110/
Edink67104/
Idend67104/
Jedin67101/
Yedin6799/
Ideng6796/
Iiden6796/
İçden6789/
Heydn6786/
Ödeen6779/
Eddem6760/
Hedem6759/
Ohden6758/
Eudin6753/
Jiden6750/
Ideen6747/
Ihden6747/
Jedne6741/
Yiden6739/
Hedyn6737/
Eidin6734/
Höden6734/
Idden6732/
Eedem6726/
Idenn6726/
Eydin6724/
Jedyn6723/
Eadin6718/
Idien6717/
Ejdin6717/
Esdin6717/
Hedne6715/
Jedem6715/
Eddyn6715/
Eadem6713/
Adoen6713/
O'Den6711/
Ydeen6710/
Ahden678/
Ident677/
Oduen677/
Heidn676/
Edäng676/
Ehdin676/
Idehn675/
Ydenk675/
Ejdem675/
Ejdne675/
Oiden675/
Adenn674/
Odehn674/
Odenå674/
Ajden674/
Eidne674/
Iduen674/
Edisn673/
Ydeng673/
Eidyn673/
Yedne672/
Odenn672/
Edeem672/
Adaen672/
Jeedn671/
Heidemnn671/
Headn671/
Heaedeen671/
Jheidene671/
E'Dem671/
Edinn671/
Eedin671/
Adehn671/
Yednd671/
Uiden671/
Gedyn671/
Idenc671/
Hedèn671/
Ideun671/
Edemg671/
Edijn671/
Edind671/
Eadng671/
Jehdn671/
Heedeesn671/
Heedn671/
Iedin671/
Edint670/
Yhden670/
Oyden670/

Eden Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Eden in the Georgian language
ედენeden-
Eden in the Tibetan language
གཡུ་སྒྲོན།yudrön84.17
གཡུ་སྒྲོན་yudrön9.17
གཡུས་སྒྲོན།yüdrön5
ཡུག་སྒྲོན།yukdrön0.83
གཡུས་སྒྲོན་yüdrön0.83
Eden in the Hindi language
एदेनedena66.67
एडेनedena33.33
Eden in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺪﻥaldn50
ﺍﺩﻥadn33.33
ﺃﺩﻥadn16.67
Eden in the Marathi language
एदेनedena50
एडेनedena50

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