# Gedeon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gedeon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,675 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,968 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 184,326 people |
| Change since 2000 | +17% (1,432 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gedeon in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 48% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 46% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gedeon in Austria.

## People named Gedeon

- Benjamin Gedeon, Austrian singer-songwriter (born 2006)

## Similar surnames

Gideon, Gooden, Goodwin, Godwin, Gaytan, Guyton, Gaitan, Goodin, Gudino, Godin, Godina, Gayton.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.