Surname Gedeon (Gideon 
, Gedeon 
, Гедеон 
) , around the world, is a widespread last name. The surname Gedeon is characteristic of Marshall Islands, where it is a common surname, Namibia, where it is quite a common surname, and Ghana (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, Ghana, and Tanzania. Likewise, Gedeon is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Gideon | South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania |
| Gedeon | South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Гедеон | Armenia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Ukraine |
| Gedeón | Spain, Chile, Colombia, Peru |
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alajos gedeon writer, educator, literary historian, SK (b. 1875) |
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joe gedeon American baseball player (1893-1941), US (b. 1893) |
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elmer gedeon United States Navy Captain, Major League Baseball player, one of two MLB players killed in World War II (1917-1944), US (b. 1917) |
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gedeon zoltán Hungarian-Romanian graphic artist and painter, RO (b. 1922) |
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| louis gedeon United States Army Medal of Honor recipient, US (b. 1877) |
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| emil gedeon holocaust victim, b. 1888-12-08, CZ (b. 1888) |
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wolfgang gedeon German physician, politician and non-fiction writer, DE (b. 1947) |
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gedeon józsef Hungarian theatre manager (Gyulai Castle Theatre) and festival director (Shakespeare Festival Gyula), HU (b. 1956) |
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| veronica gedeon American model, US (b. 1917) |
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saša gedeon Czech film director and screenwriter, CZ (b. 1970) |
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patrik gedeon Czech soccer player and soccer representant, CZ (b. 1975) |
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ben gedeon American football player (born 1994), US (b. 1994) |
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| erik gedeon Swiss composer, CH (b. 1963) |
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| tiberiu gedeon (b. 1953) |
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| daizy gedeon Australian-Lebanese journalist and filmmaker (b. 1965) |
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