Gahnke Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Gahnke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Gahnke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gahnke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gahnke occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gahnke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahnke? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gahnke is the 3,957,383rd most frequent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. Gahnke occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Gahnke are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in France, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 2,887,944. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Grand Est, where 61 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 35 percent reside and Hauts-de-France, where 4 percent reside. Aside from France this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 4 percent reside and Brazil, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Gahnke
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