Sedem Surname
Approximately 1,095 people bear this surname
Sedem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 970 | 1:27,856 | 3,309 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Argentina | 33 | 1:1,295,255 | 74,988 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Turkey | 11 | 1:7,074,675 | 122,870 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sedem (3,172) may also be a first name.
Sedem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sedem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sedem (Marathi: सेडेम) is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sedem? popularity and diffusion
Sedem is the 336,565th most common family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 6,655,293 people. Sedem occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Sedem live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 127,619th most commonly used given name on earth, borne by 3,172 people.
The last name is most numerous in Ghana, where it is carried by 970 people, or 1 in 27,856. Not including Ghana this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 4 percent live and Argentina, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sedem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sedem in the Marathi language | ||
| सेडेम | sedema | - |
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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 Sedem
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