Gbedan Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Gbedan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 300 | 1:34,452 | 4,473 |
| Ivory Coast | 21 | 1:1,098,630 | 25,989 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
Gbedan (10) may also be a first name.
Gbedan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbedan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gbedan is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbedan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 839,220th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 22,218,128 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Gbedan live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gbedan is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring given name worldwide It is held by 10 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 300 people, or 1 in 34,452. In Benin Gbedan is most frequent in: Ouémé Department, where 70 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 14 percent are found and Zou Department, where 11 percent are found. Not including Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gbeadan | 92 | 134 | / |
| Ngbeadan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gbedon | 83 | 289 | / |
| Guedan | 83 | 100 | / |
| Gbadan | 83 | 51 | / |
| Gbodan | 83 | 5 | / |
| Gueydan | 77 | 698 | / |
| Gouedan | 77 | 425 | / |
| Gueidan | 77 | 138 | / |
| Gbedone | 77 | 56 | / |
| Gueadan | 77 | 15 | / |
| Gbedoun | 77 | 3 | / |
| Gwedane | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gueïdan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbedong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbidane | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gweydan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngbidan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbeadon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbedonne | 71 | 85 | / |
| Gbedosin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Guedon | 67 | 4,264 | / |
| Guidan | 67 | 119 | / |
| Quedan | 67 | 24 | / |
| Gbodon | 67 | 16 | / |
| Gbidam | 67 | 16 | / |
| Guedam | 67 | 12 | / |
| Guedán | 67 | 6 | / |
| Cuedan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gbedoutin | 67 | 3 | / |
| Guedón | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gueadahan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuedan | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gbedan
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