Zebedia Surname

841,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 327 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Zebedia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zebedia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1831:93,54711,397
Zimbabwe1401:110,27315,175
Namibia31:803,13415,170
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Zebedia (1,402) may also be a first name.

Zebedia Last Name Facts

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

Zebedia is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zebedia? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 841,044th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 22,286,073 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zebedia live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 208,792nd most frequent given name worldwide, held by 1,402 people.

Zebedia is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Besides Malawi Zebedia occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 43 percent are found and Namibia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zebediah93143/
Zebhedia932/
Zebedias931/
Zebadia8673/
Sebedia8671/
Cebedia8620/
Zabedia861/
Zebadiah8047/
Zobediah801/
Zebedios801/
Zebedeo71338/
Cebedio7187/
Sebedio7179/
Cevedia7127/
Zabadia716/
Zibadia712/
Sabedia712/
Zebidja712/
Sobedia712/
Sebidia711/
Gibedia711/
Sybedia711/
Sebadia711/
Sebedja711/
Zebidio711/
Zebedyo711/
Shebedya6757/
Zobadiah671/

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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 Zebedia
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