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Where Does The Last Name Gedding Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Gedding is most common in Germany. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gedding? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 2,436,415^th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Gedding live; 60 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 2,175,823. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 95 percent reside, Bavaria, where 3 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Germany it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 26 percent reside and Liberia, where 10 percent reside.

Gedding Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Gedding has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gedding surname contracted 59 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gedding Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Gedding last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the political party.

Gedding earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.06% less than the national average, earning $39,240 USD per year.