Edon Surname

100,994th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,674 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Edon Surname User-submission:

The surname Edon means 'son of Eadhun'. Eadhun is a pre-7th century personal name, which comes from ead, meaning 'prosperity' or 'wealth', and hun, meaning 'bear cub'.

Edon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1,4251:46,6125,988
Indonesia7171:184,44817,738
Philippines6941:145,87624,467
Nigeria6871:257,85014,842
Benin4151:24,9053,327
England1541:361,80625,827
United States1291:2,809,759166,838
South Africa1201:451,48138,064
Tanzania1171:452,49231,593
Ivory Coast401:576,78117,373
Bhutan301:20,535472
Pakistan191:9,402,31046,838
Belgium171:676,27358,718
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Uganda131:3,003,02181,551
India111:69,733,217610,955
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Guam11:160,1214,893
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England481:507,82027,631
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:1,255,46770,036

The alternate forms: Édon (1) are calculated separately.

Edon (3,113) may also be a first name.

Edon Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Edon means 'son of Eadhun'. Eadhun is a pre-7th century personal name, which comes from ead, meaning 'prosperity' or 'wealth', and hun, meaning 'bear cub'.

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Edon Last Name Facts

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

The surname Edon (Oriya: ଇଦନ୍, Russian: Эдон, Tibetan: གཡུ་སྒྲོན།) is found most in France. It may occur in the variant forms: Édon. For other possible spellings of Edon click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Edon? popularity and diffusion

Edon is the 100,994th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,559,167 people. Edon is predominantly found in Asia, where 32 percent of Edon are found; 31 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 24 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 129,155th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 3,113 people.

The surname is most frequently used in France, where it is held by 1,425 people, or 1 in 46,612. In France it is most prevalent in: Pays de la Loire, where 31 percent reside, Martinique, where 27 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 17 percent reside. Apart from France Edon is found in 42 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 15 percent reside and The Philippines, where 15 percent reside.

Edon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Edon has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 321 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 323 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Edon Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Edon surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.43% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Edon earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 71.39% less than the national average, earning R 67,992 per year and in United States they earn 11.23% less than the national average, earning $38,304 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Édon921/
Edoun892,447/
Edong892,100/
Eadon89778/
Hedon89452/
Gedon89342/
Eddon89332/
Esdon89166/
Eidon8988/
Edone8983/
Eudon8955/
Edoin8944/
Yedon8938/
Jedon8934/
Eduon8934/
Edoon8913/
Edond899/
Eydon898/
Edhon897/
Iedon896/
Edonn892/
Edoen892/
Edgon891/
Edonk891/
Oedon891/
Heydon802,345/
Headon801,243/
Edoung80955/
Easdon80539/
Heddon80409/
Hedoun80282/
Jeudon80256/
Hedoin80209/
Eddong80132/
Hesdon8078/
Hedont8056/
Geidon8052/
Gedoon8027/
Yedong8024/
Ejdong8022/
Geddon8021/
Gedoun8020/
Haedon8019/
Hedong8019/
Jedoun8015/
Aedhon8013/
Jeddon808/
Eidoun808/
Heedon806/
Jedone806/
Jeadon805/
Edoine805/
Heidon804/
Eidoen804/
Eidone804/
Geydon802/
Eiddon802/
Yetdon802/
Eisdon802/
Eddone802/
Edonne802/
Eaidon802/
Hedonk801/
Edhone801/
Heudon801/
Jedoon801/
Oehdon801/
Edosen801/
Eduonk801/
Edoinn801/
Yedone801/
Yeydon801/
Eadoon801/
Edoyng801/
Edhong801/
Gedoin801/
Eudoyn801/
Jedoin801/
Jedong801/
Geedon800/
Adon7516,765/
Edun7511,781/
Edom758,852/
Odon754,129/
Edan753,468/
Idon751,256/
Jdon75806/
Ydon7510/
Heddoun73692/
Edongue73237/
Headdon7364/
Heaydon7339/
Jeddoun7323/
Heydond7321/
Jedonne7314/
Jiedong732/
Eddoune732/
Edoisin732/
Jedhone732/
Hedoune732/
Jedoune731/
Edonova731/
Heudoun731/
Jedogne731/
Jeudoun731/
Gietdon731/
Edoshyn731/
Hiedoin730/
Heydoun730/
Eidan674,955/
Yedan674,710/
Edung674,565/
Edang673,497/
Iddon672,062/
Idone671,696/
Gidon671,679/
Idong671,282/
Edaan67928/
Gedan67649/
Aydon67491/
Oddon67390/
Edane67382/
Hedan67299/
Aidon67250/
Hodon67206/
Aedan67201/
Hydon67200/
Idoun67171/
Jedan67163/
Isdon67142/
Addon67139/
Eedan67123/
Atdon67118/
Eduin67117/
Adoon67109/
Hadon6793/
Jidon6788/
Edhan6785/
Eydan6781/
Gedun6778/
Yodon6764/
Eddom6761/
Eadan6760/
Jedoń6743/
Esdan6743/
Adonh6742/
Edeun6741/
Edgan6740/
Edanh6734/
Eddun6732/
Eddan6730/
Jdoon6729/
Edoum6728/
Odoin6726/
Jedonová6722/
Esdun6721/
Ydone6719/
Iedan6716/
Idhon6715/
Hédon6714/
Hedom6713/
Eidom6710/
Adhon6710/
Edoom6710/
Edund679/
Ohdon679/
Eudan678/
Edant677/
Hedhoune677/
Ehdan676/
Ahdon675/
Odhon675/
Hidon674/
Edunk674/
Edune674/
Eadom674/
Idoon673/
Odonn673/
Adoin673/
Eadun673/
Iodon673/
Hedun672/
Ejdan672/
Edand672/
Iduon672/
Idosn672/
Edunn672/
Esdom672/
Yidon672/
Adonn672/
Edoungue672/
Oidon672/
Aadon672/
Jeddoune671/
Jedounne671/
Edgun671/
Edumn671/
Idont671/
Yedom671/
Idoin671/
Hedoń671/
Uidon671/
Édoin671/
Yedossin671/
Eudun671/
Eydun671/
Jedom671/
Jdohn671/
Edoim671/
Eduom671/
Yddon671/
Eedun671/
Ieddoung671/
Itdon671/
Oedan670/
Iydon670/

Edon Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Edon in the Oriya language
ଇଦନ୍idan-
Edon in the Tibetan language
གཡུ་སྒྲོན།yudrön93.33
གཡུ་སྒྲོན་།yudrön3.33
གཡུ་སྒྲོན་yudrön3.33
Edon in the Russian language
Эдонedon-

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