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 occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gedebu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gedebu is the 3,798,600th most common surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. Gedebu is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Gedebu are found; 74 percent are found in East Africa and 59 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Gedebu is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 17 people.
It is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 6,096,641. Beside Ethiopia this last name 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
- 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 Gedebu
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