Gahery Surname

564,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 561 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Gahery Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gahery Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France5501:120,76918,270
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

The alternate forms: Gahéry (6) are calculated separately.

Gahery Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gahery Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Gahery is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Gahéry. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gahery.

How Common Is The Last Name Gahery? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gahery is the 564,325th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 12,990,278 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Gahery live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Gahery is most commonly occurring in France, where it is carried by 550 people, or 1 in 120,769. In France Gahery is mostly concentrated in: Normandy, where 46 percent live, Île-de-France, where 17 percent live and Pays de la Loire, where 17 percent live. Aside from France this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent live and Croatia, where 1 percent live.

Gahery Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Gahery surname is chiefly Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gahéry946/
Gaery916/
Gohery83193/
Gahere8336/
Gaheri8314/
Gaerey834/
Gaesry830/
Gaerry830/
Ghaheri7790/
Ngahere7716/
Ghaeryi7714/
Gahetre775/
Gaherid772/
Gaerych771/
Gauheri771/
Gaheere771/
Ghahera771/
Ghaeiry771/
Gaere7390/
Gaeri7371/
Goery7315/
Geiry737/
Gahire674,547/
Goehry67253/
Geheri67113/
Gahiri6785/
Goetry6764/
Gohere6739/
Goayry6734/
Goejry679/
Ghoera677/
Gaeris676/
Gehere676/
Gohiry676/
Goheri674/
Gaered674/
Gaerai671/
Gaerri671/
Goairy671/
Goerhy671/
Gaeres671/
Geeary670/

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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 Gahery
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