Kedeye Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Kedeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 40 | 1:102,372 | 6,314 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Kedeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kedeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kedeye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺪﻳﻪ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kedeye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kedeye is the 3,017,195th most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kedeye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 102,372. In Mauritania Kedeye is mostly found in: Assaba Region, where 33 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 28 percent are found and Adrar Region, where 18 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania Kedeye is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kedeye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kedeye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺪﻳﻪ | kdyh | 47.37 |
| ﻛﺪﻱ | kdy | 47.37 |
| ﻛﺪﻯ | kdy | 5.26 |
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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 Kedeye
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