Gedebu Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Gedebu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gedebu (17) may also be a first name.
Gedebu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gedebu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gedebu is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Gedebu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gedebu? popularity and diffusion
Gedebu is the 3,798,600th most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Gedebu reside; 74 percent reside in East Africa and 59 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 17 people.
Gedebu is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 6,096,641. Excluding Ethiopia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 22 percent live and Tanzania, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gedebou | 92 | 5 | / |
| Edebu | 91 | 464 | / |
| Guedebou | 86 | 23 | / |
| Ngedebuu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Edebau | 83 | 39 | / |
| Ediebu | 83 | 21 | / |
| Gedevu | 83 | 11 | / |
| Godebu | 83 | 9 | / |
| Gedabu | 83 | 7 | / |
| Gödebu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Eddebu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Yedebou | 77 | 12 | / |
| Edebouy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gadebou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Edebouh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ediebou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Edibu | 73 | 434 | / |
| Edevu | 73 | 81 | / |
| Idebu | 73 | 35 | / |
| Heidebus | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gadabu | 67 | 539 | / |
| Heddebaut | 67 | 291 | / |
| Heddebaux | 67 | 174 | / |
| Edibau | 67 | 7 | / |
| Godibu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gidabu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Godabu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gidewu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hidebu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Edibou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Idiebu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sedibu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Gedebu
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