Gedame Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Gedame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Gedame (20) may also be a first name.
Gedame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gedame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gedame (Marathi: गेडामे) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gedame? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,661,929th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Gedame live; 68 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently occurring forename world-wide, borne by 20 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 2,709,618. Barring Ethiopia it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 30 percent live and Mauritania, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gedame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gedame in the Marathi language | ||
| गेडामे | gedame | 90.91 |
| गेडमे | gedame | 9.09 |
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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 Gedame
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