Gedana Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Gedana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Gedana (191) may also be a first name.
Gedana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gedana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gedana is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gedana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gedana? popularity and diffusion
Gedana is the 5,057,639th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Gedana reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 657,437th most widely held given name throughout the world It is held by 191 people.
Gedana is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,417,770. In South Africa Gedana is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 100 percent live. Barring South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 20 percent live and Cameroon, where 7 percent live.
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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 Gedana
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