Edien Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Edien Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Edien (417) may also be a first name.
Edien Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Edien Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Edien (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺩﻳﻦ) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Edien? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,635,433rd most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. The surname Edien occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Edien live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 420,947th most commonly used forename world-wide, held by 417 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 4,025,972. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 43 percent reside, Lagos, where 23 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent reside and Germany, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Edien Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Edien in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﺩﻳﻦ | adyn | - |
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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 Edien
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