Jedah Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Jedah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 50 | 1:81,897 | 5,336 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Liberia | 19 | 1:232,028 | 14,625 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jedah (1,039) may also be a first name.
Jedah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jedah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jedah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺪﺍﻩ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Jedah.
How Common Is The Last Name Jedah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,518,885th most widespread surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Jedah reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 36 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Jedah is also the 248,783rd most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 1,039 people.
This surname is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 81,897. In Mauritania Jedah is mostly concentrated in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 36 percent live, Brakna Region, where 28 percent live and Assaba Region, where 18 percent live. Excluding Mauritania Jedah occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 21 percent live and Indonesia, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jedah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jedah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﺪﺍﻩ | jdah | 97.22 |
| ﺟﺪﺍﻫﺎ | jdaha | 2.78 |
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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 Jedah
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