Gedege Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Gedege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Gedege (14) may also be a first name.
Gedege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gedege Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gedege is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gedege? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,414,640th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gedege reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gedege is also the 3,024,661st most widely held forename globally, held by 14 people.
The last name Gedege is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 2,857,141. In Nigeria Gedege is most frequent in: Benue, where 94 percent live, Ondo, where 5 percent live and Kaduna, where 2 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 2 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 Gedege
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