Gidion Surname
Approximately 23,621 people bear this surname
Gidion Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 20,302 | 1:2,608 | 354 |
| Papua New Guinea | 994 | 1:8,203 | 629 |
| Nigeria | 770 | 1:230,056 | 13,461 |
| Malawi | 706 | 1:24,248 | 3,692 |
| Zimbabwe | 165 | 1:93,565 | 13,336 |
| Russia | 158 | 1:912,171 | 72,266 |
| Indonesia | 148 | 1:893,576 | 66,999 |
| Germany | 79 | 1:1,019,056 | 69,716 |
| Kenya | 65 | 1:710,460 | 30,267 |
| Malaysia | 47 | 1:627,537 | 30,158 |
| United States | 37 | 1:9,796,187 | 405,931 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Moldova | 16 | 1:222,586 | 20,292 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Namibia | 14 | 1:172,100 | 9,625 |
| Kazakhstan | 13 | 1:1,360,192 | 71,840 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 58 | 1:865,839 | 52,959 |
Gidion (45,227) may also be a first name.
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Gidion Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gidion Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gidion (Marathi: िगिडऑन, Oriya: ଗିଦିଅନ, Russian: Гидион) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gidion.
How Common Is The Last Name Gidion? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 22,965th most frequent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 308,520 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Gidion are found; 86 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 20,115th most commonly used given name throughout the world. It is borne by 45,227 people.
The surname Gidion is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 20,302 people, or 1 in 2,608. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 12 percent are found, Kagera Region, where 12 percent are found and Kigoma Region, where 11 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname occurs in 28 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.
Gidion Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gidion has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gidion surname declined 36 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gidion Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Gidion surname is predominantly Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Gidion surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.
Gidion earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.61% less than the national average, earning $38,569 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gidion Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gidion in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗିଦିଅନ | gidi'ana | 50 |
| ଗିଦିଓନ | gidi'ona | 33.33 |
| ଗିଦିଏନ୍ | gidi'en | 16.67 |
| Gidion in the Marathi language | ||
| िगिडऑन | igida'ona | 50 |
| गीडीआॉन | gidiaona | 50 |
| Gidion in the Russian language | ||
| Гидион | gidion | - |
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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 Gidion
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