Šedá Surname

1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Šedá Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Šedá Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia1361:78,18713,110
Slovakia61:889,40878,715
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Šeda (909), Seda (22,516), Šéda (8), Šeďa (7), Seďa (699) & Sêda (6) are calculated separately.

Šedá Last Name Facts

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

Šedá is borne by more people in Czechia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Šeda, Seda, Šéda, Šeďa, Seďa or Sêda. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Šedá? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,478,479th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name Šedá occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šedá reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

Šedá is most frequently occurring in Czechia, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 78,187. In Czechia it is primarily found in: Vysočina Region, where 29 percent are found, South Moravian Region, where 23 percent are found and Pardubice Region, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Czechia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 4 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šeda92909/
Seda8322,516/
Šéda838/
Šeďa837/
Seďa75699/
Šedý75511/
Šedo75270/
Šedi759/
Sêda756/
Šidá753/
Šedy751/
Šedys67261/
Šejda67102/
Šedaj6753/
Šedajová6745/
Šehda671/

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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 Šedá
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