Gabye Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Gabye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Gabye (13) may also be a first name.
Gabye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gabye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gabye is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gabye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gabye is the 3,274,477th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gabye are found; 86 percent are found in Central Africa and 44 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Gabye is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 669,970. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 52 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 45 percent are found and South Region, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 3 percent are found and Niger, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Gabye
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