Ediah Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Ediah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Mauritania | 15 | 1:272,991 | 12,403 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Ediah (119) may also be a first name.
Ediah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ediah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ediah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺟﺎﻩ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ediah.
How Common Is The Last Name Ediah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,808,717th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname Ediah is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Ediah live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 856,040th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 119 people.
The last name Ediah is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria Ediah is primarily found in: Edo, where 72 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 12 percent are found and Lagos, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 31 percent are found and Cameroon, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ediah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ediah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺟﺎﻩ | ajah | 80 |
| ﺍﻳﺠﺎﻩ | ayjah | 10 |
| ﺍﻟﺠﺎﻩ | aljah | 10 |
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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
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- 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 Ediah
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