Gedefaw Surname

41,548th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,562 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Gedefaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gedefaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia12,5561:7,7691,207
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Gedefaw (8,207) may also be a first name.

Gedefaw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gedefaw Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gedefaw is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gedefaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 41,548th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 580,126 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gedefaw reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 69,888th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 8,207 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 12,556 people, or 1 in 7,769. Apart from Ethiopia it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and The Netherlands, where 0 percent live.

Gedefaw Last Name Statistics demography

Gedefaw earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 22.15% more than the national average, earning $52,708 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gedefawe931/
Gedfaw921/
Gedefew869/
Gedafaw861/
Gedfaew861/
Gedafew711/
Gedifew711/
Seddeffow631/
Sedefov5711/
Gidafaf571/

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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 Gedefaw
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