Edun Surname
Approximately 11,781 people bear this surname
Edun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10,917 | 1:16,226 | 1,571 |
| United States | 190 | 1:1,907,679 | 123,720 |
| England | 183 | 1:304,470 | 23,072 |
| Mauritius | 125 | 1:10,347 | 2,244 |
| Uganda | 108 | 1:361,475 | 23,506 |
| Guyana | 78 | 1:9,772 | 1,486 |
| Canada | 55 | 1:669,920 | 54,285 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Ireland | 17 | 1:276,996 | 9,887 |
| Ukraine | 10 | 1:4,552,270 | 216,874 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Edun (588) may also be a first name.
Edun Demographics
Edun Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Edun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Edun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Edun (Hindi: एदुन, Oriya: ଇଦୁନ, Russian: Едун) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Edun? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 44,097th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 618,585 people. The last name Edun occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Edun live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Edun is also the 345,036th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 588 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 10,917 people, or 1 in 16,226. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ogun, where 40 percent live, Lagos, where 25 percent live and Delta, where 20 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 31 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
Edun Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Edun surname is principally Christian (77%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Edun are 10.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.82% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Edun earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 10.35% more than the national average, earning $47,615 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.35% more than the national average, earning $55,324 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Edun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Edun in the Oriya language | ||
| ଇଦୁନ | iduna | - |
| Edun in the Hindi language | ||
| एदुन | eduna | 50 |
| ईदुन | iduna | 25 |
| इदून | iduna | 25 |
| Edun in the Russian language | ||
| Едун | edun | - |
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Edun Reference & Research
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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 Edun
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis