Gedeya Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Gedeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Gedeya (15) may also be a first name.
Gedeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gedeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gedeya (Marathi: गेडीेया) is most common in Liberia. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gedeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gedeya is the 6,360,413th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Gedeya is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Gedeya are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 15 people.
The last name Gedeya is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 551,067. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Grand Gedeh County, where 88 percent live and Maryland County, where 13 percent live. Barring Liberia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gedeya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gedeya in the Marathi language | ||
| गेडीेया | gedieya | - |
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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 Gedeya
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