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
Gahayr is borne by more people in Somaliland than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahayr? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 596,518th most numerous surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 13,960,816 people. The last name Gahayr occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gahayr reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Cushitic Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Somaliland, where it is borne by 505 people, or 1 in 6,931. Barring Somaliland this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found 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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