Sedeya Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Sedeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 285 | 1:54,169 | 8,216 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Sedeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sedeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sedeya is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sedeya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sedeya is the 914,967th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 25,129,469 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sedeya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 285 people, or 1 in 54,169. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 49 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 18 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and Ghana, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Sedeya
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