Jiddah Surname
Approximately 662 people bear this surname
Jiddah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 624 | 1:283,883 | 16,019 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jiddah (707) may also be a first name.
Jiddah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jiddah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jiddah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺪﺍﻫﺎ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Jiddah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jiddah? popularity and diffusion
Jiddah is the 497,847th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 11,008,378 people. The last name Jiddah is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Jiddah reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jiddah is also the 310,684th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 707 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 624 people, or 1 in 283,883. In Nigeria Jiddah is most common in: Kwara, where 40 percent are found, Borno, where 21 percent are found and Adamawa, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 2 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jiddah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jiddah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﺪﺍﻫﺎ | jdaha | 50 |
| ﺟﺪﺍﻩ | jdah | 50 |
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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 Jiddah
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