Šedý Surname

606,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 511 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Šedý Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Šedý Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia5101:20,8503,198
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Šedy (1), Sedy (471) & Sédy (2) are calculated separately.

Šedý Last Name Facts

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

The last name Šedý (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺪﻱ) is carried by more people in Czechia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Šedy, Sedy or Sédy. For other potential spellings of Šedý click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Šedý? popularity and diffusion

The last name Šedý is the 606,498th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 14,261,342 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šedý live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Czechia, where it is carried by 510 people, or 1 in 20,850. In Czechia Šedý is most prevalent in: South Moravian Region, where 37 percent are found, Vysočina Region, where 12 percent are found and Ústí nad Labem Region, where 9 percent are found. Not including Czechia it exists in one country. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šedy921/
Sedy83471/
Šeda75909/
Šedá75143/
Šedi759/
Sédy752/
Šedys67261/
Šejda67102/
Šedaj6753/
Šehda671/

Šedý Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Šedý in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺳﺪﻱsdy85
ﺳﺪﻯsdy10
ﺳﻴﺪﻱsydy5

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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 Šedý
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