Gegedu Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Gegedu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
Gegedu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gegedu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gegedu occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Gegedu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gegedu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,323,005th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. Gegedu occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 80 percent of Gegedu live; 80 percent live in Oceania Islands and 80 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Gegedu is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 291,204. In Papua New Guinea Gegedu is most frequent in: Milne Bay, where 68 percent reside, East Sepik, where 29 percent reside and Central, where 4 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gengedu | 92 | 5 | / |
| Egedu | 91 | 45 | / |
| Segedu | 83 | 2,898 | / |
| Egedus | 83 | 45 | / |
| Engedu | 83 | 15 | / |
| Gecedu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jegedu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Egeduš | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hegedus | 77 | 5,933 | / |
| Hegeduš | 77 | 416 | / |
| Jegedeu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Hegeduş | 77 | 4 | / |
| Gegadau | 77 | 3 | / |
| Hegedui | 77 | 2 | / |
| Hegeduș | 77 | 2 | / |
| Eghiedu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igedu | 73 | 279 | / |
| Egidu | 73 | 16 | / |
| Hegeduis | 71 | 54 | / |
| Hegheduş | 71 | 35 | / |
| Heguedus | 71 | 14 | / |
| Hegheduș | 71 | 5 | / |
| Chegedeu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Hegedeus | 71 | 3 | / |
| Heggedus | 71 | 3 | / |
| Hegeduss | 71 | 2 | / |
| Hedgedus | 71 | 2 | / |
| Hegedusz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hedgeduš | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zeguedou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hegeduch | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hegedush | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hegeddus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gagadu | 67 | 204 | / |
| Hegedusch | 67 | 19 | / |
| Hegueduch | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ingedu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Egedoe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zeguedoud | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sesedu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sigedu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gogadu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ighedu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hegedeusz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heguedush | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igedus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zeghedoud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eggidu | 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
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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 Gegedu
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