Sedegbe Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Sedegbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sedegbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Liberia51:881,70733,815
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Sedegbe (112) may also be a first name.

Sedegbe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sedegbe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Sedegbe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sedegbe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sedegbe is the 4,908,606th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Sedegbe reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 885,979th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 112 people.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 100 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 31 percent live and The United States, where 19 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sedegbeu931/
Sodegbe86328/
Gedegbe8696/
Sedegue861/
Sadegbe861/
Sadegbey801/
Zedeugbeu751/
Sedegui71178/
Sodogbe71149/
Sidagbe7138/
Sadogbe7130/
Sedeque7111/
Sadigbe711/
Scheidegue711/
Sidigbe711/
Zedigbeu6751/
Seddeque678/
Chedegue671/
Djidegbe671/
Sediquee671/
Sodogbey671/

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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 Sedegbe
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