Zebedee Surname

311,791st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Zebedee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zebedee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5071:349,39418,879
England1671:333,64124,529
Liberia1431:30,8292,935
Papua New Guinea1141:71,5249,336
Canada1091:338,03330,736
United States611:5,941,950288,805
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Solomon Islands211:27,6205,477
Kenya161:2,886,24437,784
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
India51:153,413,076951,030
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
France21:33,211,361423,184
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England791:308,54920,627
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Zebedee (6,356) may also be a first name.

Zebedee Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zebedee (Arabic: زبدي) is found most in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zebedee? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 311,791st most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,037,735 people. The last name Zebedee is mostly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Zebedee live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 82,573rd most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 6,356 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 507 people, or 1 in 349,394. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 36 percent are found, Adamawa, where 11 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 24 countries. It is also common in England, where 14 percent are found and Liberia, where 12 percent are found.

Zebedee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Zebedee has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 211 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 763 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 89 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Zebedee Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Presbyterian (56%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Zebedee surname are 17.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.29% registered with the political party.

The amount Zebedee earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 21.28% more than the national average, earning $52,331 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.07% more than the national average, earning $52,698 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Zebedeh86191/
Sebedee866/
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Zebeyde861/
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Zeabede861/
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Zebeide861/
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Zebedeus8026/
Zabeedee804/
Zebedeyo801/
Zeebedie801/
Zebeader801/
Zewede7712,582/
Zebeda771,832/
Zebedy77147/
Zebedi7770/
Zebode7721/
Zabede7718/
Sebede7713/
Gebede774/
Jebede772/
Cebede772/
Zebide772/
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Zebedé771/
Zevede771/
Zebider714,346/
Zewedie714,037/
Zevedei71316/
Zobeide71296/
Jebedeh71101/
Djebede7195/
Szebedy7136/
Zabadee7133/
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Zebeida7110/
Zebyder719/
Zabidee719/
Zobedey718/
Zibedeh717/
Ziebide717/
Sebedie716/
Zebeyda714/
Zewuede714/
Szebeda714/
Zewedde712/
Zebeddi712/
Zebedii712/
Shebede711/
Tzebedi711/
Zebedyo711/
Zabedeh711/
Sebedje711/
Zebeidi711/
Zebeedy711/
Zeibide711/
Seibede711/
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Zewedea711/
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Zsewede711/
Chebede711/
Zebedayo679,703/
Zabeideh6765/
Saebedeh6746/
Ziebidei6729/
Zebediya6722/
Zaabadee6712/
Zebhideh678/
Zobeideh677/
Zoebadeh675/
Sabeedee675/
Ssebedde671/
Zobeydeh671/
Zebeidou671/
Tchebede671/
Tshebede671/
Siebiede671/
Zibeydeh671/
Cesbedes671/
Ceabedes671/

Zebedee Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zebedee in the Arabic language
زبديzbdy-

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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 Zebedee
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