Hedye Surname
Approximately 235 people bear this surname
Hedye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 234 | 1:17,499 | 1,620 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Hedyé (49) are calculated separately.
Hedye (188) may also be a first name.
Hedye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hedye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hedye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﺪﻱ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can occur in the variant forms: Hedyé. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hedye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,061,269th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 31,010,834 people. The surname Hedye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hedye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 663,277th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 188 people.
The surname Hedye is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 234 people, or 1 in 17,499. In Mauritania Hedye is most prevalent in: Assaba Region, where 54 percent are found, Gorgol Region, where 15 percent are found and Hodh Chargui Region, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania Hedye exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hedye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hedye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﺪﻱ | hdy | 50 |
| ﻫﺪﻳﻪ | hdyh | 41.49 |
| ﻫﺪﻳﻰ | hdyy | 3.19 |
| ﻫﺪﻯ | hdy | 2.13 |
| ﻫﻮﺩﻱ | hwdy | 1.06 |
| ﻫﺪﻳﺔ | hdyt | 1.06 |
| ﻫﺪﻳﺎ | hdya | 1.06 |
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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 Hedye
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