Gedekan Surname
2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia
Gedekan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 59 | 1:74,721 | 6,295 |
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edekan | 92 | 14 | / |
| Sedekan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gedikan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Godekan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gadekan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Geidikan | 80 | 5 | / |
| Edhekane | 80 | 2 | / |
| Jedeekan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ghedakan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khedekan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Edikan | 77 | 178 | / |
| Edecan | 77 | 7 | / |
| Hedekon | 71 | 87 | / |
| Sedekon | 71 | 70 | / |
| Gedacan | 71 | 55 | / |
| Yedekon | 71 | 36 | / |
| Edizkan | 71 | 21 | / |
| Gadakan | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sidekan | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sedikan | 71 | 3 | / |
| Gadekon | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sedeqan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jedikan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eddikan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seedeekhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Idekane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gidakan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Edekong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chedikan | 67 | 300 | / |
| Gadakhan | 67 | 14 | / |
| Gadikhan | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ghodakan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gadhikan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Godakhan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghadakan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yedikain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iedekham | 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 Gedekan
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