Gidan Surname
Approximately 1,829 people bear this surname
Gidan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| Palestine | 172 | 1:26,447 | 3,734 |
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| United States | 40 | 1:9,061,473 | 385,835 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Israel | 19 | 1:450,402 | 34,739 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
The alternate forms: Gîdan (1) are calculated separately.
Gidan (468) may also be a first name.
Gidan Demographics
Average Gidan Salary in
United States
$38,042 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gidan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gidan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gidan (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻴﺪﺍﻥ, Hindi: गिदां, Marathi: िगडन, Oriya: ଜିଦାନ) occurs most in Ethiopia. It can also occur as a variant: Gîdan. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gidan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gidan is the 222,789th most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 3,984,443 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Gidan reside; 79 percent reside in East Africa and 79 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 393,633rd most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 468 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Besides Ethiopia this last name exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in Palestine, where 9 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.
Gidan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gidan surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.
Gidan earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.84% less than the national average, earning $38,042 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gidan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gidan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻴﺪﺍﻥ | kydan | - |
| Gidan in the Marathi language | ||
| िगडन | igadana | - |
| Gidan in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜିଦାନ | jidana | 50 |
| ଗିଦନ | gidana | 25 |
| ଗିଦାନ୍ | gidan | 25 |
| Gidan in the Hindi language | ||
| गिदां | gidam | 25 |
| गीदां | gidam | 25 |
| गीदन | gidana | 25 |
| गिदान | gidana | 25 |
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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 Gidan
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