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 last name Ediah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺟﺎﻩ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ediah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ediah is the 2,808,717th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Ediah reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ediah is also the 856,040th most commonly held given name at a global level, borne by 119 people.
The surname Ediah is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria it is most common in: Edo, where 72 percent live, Nasarawa, where 12 percent live and Lagos, where 8 percent live. Besides Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 31 percent live and Cameroon, where 8 percent live.
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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