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 surname Gedame (Marathi: गेडामे) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gedame.
How Common Is The Last Name Gedame? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gedame is the 2,661,929th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Gedame are found; 68 percent are found in East Africa and 68 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used forename world-wide It is held by 20 people.
Gedame is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 2,709,618. Without taking into account Ethiopia Gedame exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 30 percent reside and Mauritania, where 2 percent reside.
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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