Jedidah Surname

1,088,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Jedidah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jedidah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2101:219,90415,632
India101:76,706,538639,611
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Jedidah (10,484) may also be a first name.

Jedidah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jedidah (Hindi: जेडिडा, Marathi: जेडीडा, Tibetan: ཇི་དྲི་ད་) is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Jedidah click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jedidah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,088,856th most prevalent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. The surname Jedidah occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Jedidah live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 59,379th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 10,484 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 210 people, or 1 in 219,904. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kitui County, where 51 percent live, Nairobi County, where 39 percent live and Kisii County, where 2 percent live. Outside of Kenya this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.

Jedidah Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Jedidah surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jediddah931/
Jedida9281/
Yedidah861/
Jedidaa861/
Jededah861/
Edida83800/
Eddihdah801/
Jedaidai801/
Yedida774,269/
Edidha77199/
Ediday777/
Edeida777/
Eddida774/
Ededah772/
Edidda771/
Edhida771/
Edidoh771/
Gedida771/
Edioda771/
Yedidha71397/
Eddeida7111/
Yedidda713/
Gedidha712/
Yedudah712/
Jedidou712/
Jededai711/
Yedieda711/
Yedioda711/
Yedidaa711/
Yeddida711/
Ejdeida711/
Eddedah711/
Ededa67222/
Edido6762/
Jedeidou6713/
Eddeddah672/
Yehdudah671/
Yedidhaa671/
Geddidha671/

Jedidah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jedidah in the Tibetan language
ཇི་དྲི་ད་jidrida-
Jedidah in the Hindi language
जेडिडाjedida-
Jedidah in the Marathi language
जेडीडाjedida-

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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 Jedidah
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