Guédez Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Guédez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guédez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela351:862,97413,724
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
France31:22,140,907385,998
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013

The alternate forms: Guèdez (3) are calculated separately.

Guédez Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Guédez Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Guédez is held by more people in Venezuela than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Guèdez. Click here to see other potential spellings of Guédez.

How Common Is The Last Name Guédez? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,776,799th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Guédez live; 73 percent live in South America and 71 percent live in Caribbean South America.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Venezuela, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 862,974. In Venezuela it is most prevalent in: Capital District, where 31 percent live, Lara, where 29 percent live and Carabobo, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Venezuela this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guèdez943/
Guédet8310/
Guédes834/
Guédec832/
Guédé7348/
Guédj735/
Guède733/
Guédi731/
Guédy731/
Guédiche711/
Gouide6727/
Guédès676/
Nguédé672/
Guhede672/
Gauide671/
Gouédé671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Guédez
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