Gideons Surname
Approximately 380 people bear this surname
Gideons Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 210 | 1:1,725,995 | 114,113 |
| South Africa | 115 | 1:471,110 | 39,128 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
Gideons (30) may also be a first name.
Gideons Demographics
Average Gideons Salary in
United States
$40,418 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gideons Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gideons Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gideons is most common in The United States. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gideons? popularity and diffusion
It is the 754,238th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 19,177,752 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 40 percent of Gideons live; 34 percent live in North America and 34 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 30 people.
The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 210 people, or 1 in 1,725,995. In The United States Gideons is most frequent in: Texas, where 10 percent reside, Alabama, where 10 percent reside and California, where 6 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 30 percent reside and Nigeria, where 7 percent reside.
Gideons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gideons has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gideons surname rose 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gideons Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gideons surname are 16.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.16% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Gideons earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 113.31% more than the national average, earning R 506,916 per year and in United States they earn 6.33% less than the national average, earning $40,418 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gideonse | 93 | 279 | / |
| Giddeons | 93 | 76 | / |
| Gideions | 93 | 1 | / |
| Gidons | 92 | 1 | / |
| Giddons | 86 | 59 | / |
| Gedeons | 86 | 3 | / |
| Gidions | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gidonse | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gideans | 86 | 1 | / |
| Giddions | 80 | 4 | / |
| Giddonns | 80 | 3 | / |
| Sidons | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gedons | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ideans | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gidans | 77 | 1 | / |
| Idions | 77 | 0 | / |
| Siddons | 71 | 2,877 | / |
| Gudjons | 71 | 75 | / |
| Giddans | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saidouns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Edions | 62 | 10 | / |
| Idians | 62 | 1 | / |
| Edeans | 62 | 1 | / |
| Cedons | 62 | 1 | / |
| Siddans | 57 | 141 | / |
| Saidans | 57 | 47 | / |
| Seddons | 57 | 39 | / |
| Gedjuns | 57 | 9 | / |
| Saidāns | 57 | 1 | / |
| Guidiance | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Gideons
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