Gaffet Surname
Approximately 1,161 people bear this surname
Gaffet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 1,083 | 1:61,332 | 8,330 |
| Argentina | 53 | 1:806,480 | 53,420 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Gaffet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaffet Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gaffet has its highest incidence in France. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaffet? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 321,573rd most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 6,276,956 people. Gaffet occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Gaffet are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most frequent in France, where it is held by 1,083 people, or 1 in 61,332. In France Gaffet is most numerous in: Hauts-de-France, where 33 percent reside, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 21 percent reside and Occitanie, where 13 percent reside. Barring France this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 5 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 percent reside.
Gaffet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gaffet has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gaffet last name declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gaffet
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