Gahayr Surname
Approximately 522 people bear this surname
Gahayr Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somaliland | 505 | 1:6,931 | 496 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Gahayr Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gahayr Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gahayr is found most frequently in Somaliland. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahayr? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 596,518th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 13,960,816 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gahayr are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Cushitic Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Somaliland, where it is carried by 505 people, or 1 in 6,931. Not including Somaliland this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 1 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
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- 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 Gahayr
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