Gedion Surname
Approximately 7,918 people bear this surname
Gedion Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4,668 | 1:20,897 | 2,688 |
| Kenya | 877 | 1:52,657 | 5,295 |
| Papua New Guinea | 636 | 1:12,820 | 1,195 |
| Nigeria | 599 | 1:295,731 | 16,575 |
| Malawi | 549 | 1:31,182 | 4,677 |
| Tanzania | 319 | 1:165,961 | 14,708 |
| Zimbabwe | 120 | 1:128,652 | 17,093 |
| Malaysia | 43 | 1:685,912 | 32,468 |
| United States | 30 | 1:12,081,964 | 463,456 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Gedion (30,006) may also be a first name.
Gedion Demographics
Gedion Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gedion Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gedion Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gedion (Marathi: गेडीओन, Russian: Гедион) occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gedion.
How Common Is The Last Name Gedion? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 63,269th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 920,377 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Gedion are found; 74 percent are found in East Africa and 59 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Gedion is also the 27,887th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 30,006 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is held by 4,668 people, or 1 in 20,897. Not including Ethiopia it occurs in 32 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 11 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside.
Gedion Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gedion has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gedion surname rose 750 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gedion Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Gedion last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Gedion earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.72% less than the national average, earning $33,344 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gedion Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gedion in the Marathi language | ||
| गेडीओन | gedi'ona | - |
| Gedion in the Russian language | ||
| Гедион | gedion | - |
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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 Gedion
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