Edeward Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Edeward Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Edeward Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Edeward (86) may also be a first name.

Edeward Last Name Facts

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

The last name Edeward is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Edeward.

How Common Is The Last Name Edeward? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,532,898th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Edeward live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Edeward is also the 1,032,266th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 86 people.

The last name Edeward is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Edeward is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 25 percent live, Ebonyi, where 25 percent live and Abia, where 19 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent live and Ethiopia, where 5 percent live.

Edeward Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Edeward has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Edeward last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Edeward
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