Gbediga Surname
Approximately 736 people bear this surname
Gbediga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 716 | 1:14,435 | 1,957 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
Gbediga (50) may also be a first name.
Gbediga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbediga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gbediga is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbediga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gbediga is the 459,064th most commonly held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 9,901,557 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbediga reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gbediga is also the 1,412,538th most frequent first name globally, borne by 50 people.
The surname is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 716 people, or 1 in 14,435. In Benin Gbediga is most common in: Zou Department, where 53 percent reside, Ouémé Department, where 19 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 13 percent reside. Beside Benin this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gbesdiga | 93 | 1 | / |
| Gbedega | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gbadigha | 80 | 15 | / |
| Gbadega | 71 | 144 | / |
| Guidiga | 71 | 84 | / |
| Guedega | 71 | 10 | / |
| Gbodigo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gbedege | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gbidige | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbedego | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbidigo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kuediga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbedegui | 67 | 12 | / |
| Gbadugha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngbidigi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guidigai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngbeadego | 63 | 4 | / |
| Guedego | 57 | 33 | / |
| Guidega | 57 | 11 | / |
| Guidigo | 57 | 6 | / |
| Kwedega | 57 | 4 | / |
| Quedigo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Quedega | 57 | 1 | / |
| Guedegou | 53 | 3 | / |
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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 Gbediga
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