Last Name GIDEON

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Gedeon. It also could be of Jewish descent and later importation.
Origin English, Jewish, Zimbabwean, Nigerian

Rank 7,744 (2000 US census) 8,482 (1990 US census)
Count 3,956 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 83.01%, or 3284 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 9.5%, or 376 total occurrences, as black,
  • 1.82%, or 72 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.42%, or 56 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.93%, or 116 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.31%, or 52 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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