Zedekia Surname

625,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 490 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Zedekia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zedekia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4651:113,85310,947
Kenya171:2,716,46537,471
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Zedekia (2,741) may also be a first name.

Zedekia Last Name Facts

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

Zedekia occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zedekia? popularity and diffusion

Zedekia is the 625,459th most frequent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 14,872,543 people. The last name Zedekia occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zedekia reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 139,650th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 2,741 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 465 people, or 1 in 113,853. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 57 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 19 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 3 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.

Zedekia Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Zedekia last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zedekiah93385/
Zedeckia931/
Tzedekiah8813/
Sedekia862,614/
Jedekia861/
Zedikiah8023/
Sedeckia8010/
Sedekiah802/
Zedaikia801/
Sedikia711/
Zadokiah6710/
Seddikia675/
Tzadikia675/
Zedichia671/
Tzadokia671/

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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 Zedekia
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